Ecclesiastes 3:11 – “God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time, but he has also placed ignorance in the human heart so that people cannot discover what God has ordained, from the beginning to the end of their lives.”

As I read, prayed, and meditated on the Word of God today, the Book of Ecclesiastes led me down several meditative paths of enlightenment and understanding.  I will be contemplating those nuggets for some time.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 contains some thought-provoking insights.  “God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time…”   That is easily digested.   Then he says, “BUT (that always opens the door to something deeper) He has also places ignorance in the human heart…”

Wait?   Did God make people ignorant?  Read on, “SO THAT (Explanation) people cannot discover what God has ordained, from the beginning to the end of their lives.”

Wow!   God keeps us in the dark as to His foreordained plans.  Why?  Why would God not clearly show us His plan and purpose for us?  That would make it easy if we knew at the beginning our purpose, path, and destiny, right?   It would be easy to plan and chart our course in life, right?

Well, no!    It forces us to seek Him and rely on His guidance.   It enables us to build or grow faith in Him as we encounter the unexpected and the unrevealed.   We learn the value and power of effectual and fervent prayer.   We learn the value of studying His Word.    We realize the need for personal intimacy with Him.   We discover the impossibility of life without His Holy Spirit to guide us.

God knows but only shows us glimpses to establish us in the faith.  If He showed us everything from the start, we would be in danger of falling prey to pride.  We would never pray and exercise faith.  Sometimes, not knowing is the best thing because it forces us to seek and trust Him.

Ecclesiastes 2:26 – “For to the one who pleases Him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy…”    Contrast that to the lost in the remainder of the verse.   “BUT to the sinner, He gives the task of amassing wealth – only to give it to the one who pleases God.”

We don’t know about tomorrow, but God does.   We don’t always have the things we need, but God does.  We have a God who knows the end from the beginning.  He is the same past, present, and future.   So don’t fret over not knowing or even by the surprise events – God is still on the Throne and promises never to fail us.

I hope I have not messed with your theology too much, but that is what the Bible declares.   The Key is to Trust God in Everything and All the Time!