Thursday, May 21, 2015

May 21, 2015

Ecclesiastes 3:11  He has made everything appropriate in its time.  He has also put eternity in their hearts, but man cannot discover the work God has done from beginning to end. (ESV)

This verse follows the segment of chapter 3 that we often hear read at funerals.....a time to live, a time to die.....a time to plant, at time to uproot....etc.

Solomon, the author of Ecclesiastes, has a very cynical view of life.  He seems to think that everything man does is futile, and his works will die when he does.  So, it is no surprise that one can almost hear the above mentioned segment of chapter 3 read in a very sing-song manner.  However, when we get to verse 11, Solomon gives God credit for His appropriate timing of everything.  Then we come to a very interesting part of Scripture.... God has put eternity in our hearts.

I think another way to describe this is that when we are born, we are born with a hole, or longing in our very souls.  Those of us who are Christians are finally able to declare that God has filled that longing.  It is a place that only He can fill.  He is what makes us complete.

All the people in this world who do not know Christ are desperately searching for that something to fill that hole.  You name it, they try it, but nothing will satisfy that longing.  How very fortunate we, Christians, are to have a piece of eternity in our very hearts.

This is even more reason for us to want to share the Good News that we have.  Don't go to bed this evening until you have thanked God for filling your deepest desire, and then think of a way to share the hope you have with others who are still lacking that satisfaction that only a relationship with Jesus can bring.

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