GOD KNOWS ALL THINGS AND WILL CALL TO ACCOUNT

  Ecclesiastes 3:16-22

GOD KNOWS ALL THINGS AND WILL CALL TO ACCOUNT

    King Solomon was asking 'How can God be in control when there is so much evil in our world, with the wicked prospering in their sin and the righteous suffering in their obedience?' (v.16 & 17). He responded with two sure statements: God has a time for everything including judgment (Eccl. 8:6, 11), and God is working out His eternal purposes in and through  the deeds of humans, even the  deeds of the wicked. God will judge when history has run its course, through He is judging now (v.18). In the experiences of life, God is testing humans. (The word 'test' - barur-literally means "to sift or to winnow.") God is revealing what man is really like; He is sifting him. For, when man leaves God out of his life, he becomes like an animal. He lives like a beast and dies like a beast.

    Child of God, it is true evil surrounds us day-by-day. We see things happen that question not only the existence of God, but also His love for us. It is not that God is not in control, He is only allowing the wicked to have a time for amendment of life, without which judgement will come. Then in the wisdom of God He brings out beauty and good out of life's ugliness and evil. Be patient with God and continually trust in Him. He shall surely turn your life around for good, and you will forget your present sorrow. He has power over all situations and circumstances; yours cannot be out of His control. All you need now is to continue to trust Him to lead on. Obey His command, even when it seems not easy. Forgive, preserve, be kind, even when the recipients do not deserve these from you. And at the end, it shall be your victory and breakthrough.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:    Time goes by swiftly and gets away from us, but God keeps track of it and will, at the end of time, call into account what we have done with time.