Solomon’s Final Conclusion
Ecclesiastes 9:1 - 12:14
“As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.” - Ecclesiastes 11:5 NIV
Life has many mysteries. Some things we understand, but many things we do not. Solomon mentions two things that confound the mortal mind: the birth of a child and the movement of the wind. These are two very common things man encounters every day. Who controls these things? Who forms a child in his or her mother’s womb? We cannot accomplish this on our own. Our belief in a supreme spirit being, an Almighty God, who supplies the answer to these questions and much more.
The entire overall theme of this book is that we cannot understand all the ways God works to fulfill his plans for us. Just because we cannot understand what is happening to us or in the world around us doesn’t mean a thing. We haven’t been asked to understand, but rather to trust. Throughout scripture God has never given us a reason NOT to trust him.
This life has conditioned us to look for immediacy in everything, but with God we must learn to wait. His impeccable timing forces us to wait, whether we want to or not, because he knows the best time for things to take place. The mystery of the wind reveals God’s unpredictable nature. Unpredictable only because we cannot understand it, yet it is real because we can see and feel the results of the wind. Trust in the workings of God. Until next time, walk with the King and be a blessing.
In His Name & for His Glory,
Richard Keller
Bread of Life Ministries
Resource: The Expositor’s Bible Commentary: Old Testament
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