I Can't Figure It Out!
"Then I saw all that God has done. No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all the efforts to search it out, man cannot discover it's meaning. Even if a wise man claims he knows, he cannot really comprehend it."-Ecclesiastes 8:17
Solomon has spent the last two chapters and who knows how much of his life, searching for wisdom, and still could not wrap his mind around or fully grasp all that God has done. He says eat, drink, and be glad and quit trying to figure it all out!
I hate surprises. I usually figure out everything I'm getting for Christmas, even if it resorts to peeking. I try to predict the end of a book or movie. I get excited and usually tell my loved ones what I've gotten them. So, i can relate with the author on the desire to figure things out. I always thought this was due to impatience, but I now think it also has to do with control. The mystery of all that He has done, is doing and will do on earth is something I cannot comprehend. The plans that Christ has for my boys, I cannot wrap my mind around. I might as well eat, drink, and be glad. This does not mean to head to PT's and stop at McDonald's on the way. Joyfully surrender. Surrender everything and enjoy God's plan. We are reminded in v. 8 & 9 that we do not have control of the weather or the day of our death & if we are servants of Christ, we do not have control of anything else
either. So, we can waste our lives trying to figure it out, or we can surrender and get back to a true heart of worship.
"Therefore, I urge you, sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and.pleasing to God-this is your spiritual act of worship."-Romans 12:1
Father, forgive me for always trying to figure it out! Time and time again, I try to figure out what you have in store for us, when you "who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to your power that is at work within us." (Eph 3:20)
I surrender again! I am yours!
Solomon has spent the last two chapters and who knows how much of his life, searching for wisdom, and still could not wrap his mind around or fully grasp all that God has done. He says eat, drink, and be glad and quit trying to figure it all out!
I hate surprises. I usually figure out everything I'm getting for Christmas, even if it resorts to peeking. I try to predict the end of a book or movie. I get excited and usually tell my loved ones what I've gotten them. So, i can relate with the author on the desire to figure things out. I always thought this was due to impatience, but I now think it also has to do with control. The mystery of all that He has done, is doing and will do on earth is something I cannot comprehend. The plans that Christ has for my boys, I cannot wrap my mind around. I might as well eat, drink, and be glad. This does not mean to head to PT's and stop at McDonald's on the way. Joyfully surrender. Surrender everything and enjoy God's plan. We are reminded in v. 8 & 9 that we do not have control of the weather or the day of our death & if we are servants of Christ, we do not have control of anything else
either. So, we can waste our lives trying to figure it out, or we can surrender and get back to a true heart of worship.
"Therefore, I urge you, sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and.pleasing to God-this is your spiritual act of worship."-Romans 12:1
Father, forgive me for always trying to figure it out! Time and time again, I try to figure out what you have in store for us, when you "who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to your power that is at work within us." (Eph 3:20)
I surrender again! I am yours!
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