Only God Knows All the Answers of Life

Verses:  Ecclesiastes 8:10-17

My thoughts about the verses:

When I read this it reminded me of a seek and find puzzle.  The words are all there for you to find.  Yet, they are scrambled in a way to make it almost impossible to complete.  As you find words and start drawing a line through the letters it gets more and more complicated.  It is like the lines start playing against you.  You start seeing things that aren’t there.  You start missing the simple words because the lines distort the letters.

Isn’t that the way we see our life sometimes?  The more you learn the more you don’t understand.  As you learn things the more you become confused about life.  You face situations that seem impossible to truly figure out.  You think you know the answer only to find that you don’t know it.  No matter how wise you are there will always be questions that you never will be able to answer.

Just look at medicine.  There are so many illnesses that physicians cannot figure out how to eliminate.  Many they can’t even figure out what causes them.  They gather information and think they have the answer yet they find the information has led them in a circle.  They do research studies after research studies yet they get so bogged down with information that they miss what is right before them.

Only God knows the answer to all things that we cannot understand.  God doesn’t try to keep secrets from us.  Yet, we as humans can never fully understand all there is about the universe.  We can learn bits and pieces of it.  Yet, there is no one human that can comprehend what God knows.  We can try but we are not able to solve all the problems on our own.

Just look back over time and see how things have changed.  Just imagine what Ancient Romans would have thought about our motorized chariots (cars).  The car did not come from the mind of one person.  It took generation upon generation of inventions to lead to the fast moving machines of today.  Just think about the changes that we have seen over the last few years.  Do you think that our ancestors imagined cars that would run off of computers? 

See over time more and more discoveries are made.  Those individual discoveries lead to futuristic advances.  Yet, the process of creating doesn’t just come from one person it comes from teams of people that work years to solve one problem.  The sad part is that when you solve one problem you often create another problem.  Who would have thought that the car would lead to a time when our land would be in jeopardy because of oil fields? 

We have to understand that there is a higher power.  God knows everything that has happened and will happen.  We must trust that God will provide us with the answers that we need to survive the world today.  We have to come to a point where we stop trying to solve the questions ourselves and listen to what God has to say.

As we read the Bible (which also took generations to write) we learn of a loving and caring God.  God created us and wants a relationship with us.  This lesson has been very hard for so many to understand.  They want to add more to the story.  They want to find the information that is hidden in the Bible.  Instead of reading the stories and asking for God’s help understanding what God says?  Instead many listen to what others say and start to doubt what God is saying to them. 

So many people spend so much energy listening to the rhetoric of society that they miss the very truth that is right in front of their eyes.  They miss the fact that God gave us the path that we need to follow.  They miss the fact that we all can receive the same gift.  They miss the fact that we are equal and in the same need of salvation.

Instead of spending our time listening to what others say we need to take the time to read what God says.  We need to offer our voices up in prayer and praise for the One on High.  We need to stop trying to solve all of our problems.  We need to understand that the only true way to have peace is through accepting Jesus in our life.

God hasn’t made the path to salvation a seek and find puzzle.  The answers are as clear as day.  Yet, we as a people do not want to take anything at face value.  We need to understand that God wants to be in relationship with us. 

When you come to understand this then you are able to see that there is only one true path to follow.  That path goes straight to the cross.  We have to humble ourselves and see that we need to ask Jesus in our life.  Once we have asked Jesus in our life things will change.  We will no longer be fighting against God but will be helping others find God.  Our life will be worth more than it ever was before. 

We may not know the whole picture but we do know the piece that completes the puzzle.  Simply if you haven’t asked Jesus in your life you need to consider if that is the step that you need to make today.  Once you have Jesus in your life things will change forever.  Your fears and doubts will start to fade.  You will at last know what you needed most.  Your knowledge will be expanded because you will have come to the point that you understand

Prayer:

We praise you for your love.  We thank you for giving us the answer to the most important question in our life.  Help us give ourselves over to you.  Help us accept you in our life.  Help us stop listening to people that will lead us astray and start walking with you.  In the name of the Almighty we pray.  Amen

Questions:

We have to stop and listen to what God is trying to tell us.  Is God telling you to put your faith in the one Most High?  Is God telling you to share the story of salvation to others?  Is God telling you to be a voice of justice for the world?  We have to listen and discover exactly what God is trying to teach us.  Is today the day that you listen to what God says and do what you are asked?