The secret things:

We have been intrigued with the mysteries of this planet so much that people have died trying to figure them out. Our hearts tell us that there is a being with supreme powers that created the undiscovered and unknown. The quest to know constantly leads us to failure to discover. It is in our hearts to search out the mysteries of God, which he has concealed (Pro 25:2). God only shares his secrets with those who diligently seek him (Ps 25:14, Am 3:7). Trying to find out what God is doing in a matter will drive anyone crazy. Because God intends to bring beauty to everything He does, He will leave things hidden. 

Ecclesiastes 3:11

11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

Chapter 3 of Ecclesiastes lists 28 things that happen like clockwork, either because God leads or man influences them. He has made these 28 to bring out something beautiful and with a purpose in his time. For example with God led, there is a time to be born and a time to die, which God has in his own power to do (Heb 9:27). There is a time to plant and to pluck out that which has been planted V. 2. And this can be seen as when God plants you in a situation or job to pluck out someone else who is being a nusance or is causing disturbance. God will put you in situations only to bring glory to his name. V. 3, Solomon says that there is a time to kill and then to heal. The scriptures tell us that our old man must be crucified with Christ (Ro 6:6-8), so that we can be resurrected with him. Job said that God wounds with one hand and heals with the other (Job 5:18).

Ecclesiastes 3 tells us that the time for weeping and mourning will come, maybe through a difficult situation in the family, at work, or with oneself. But the time to sing and dance (V. 4) will also come, and this at the service where one can leave their troubles at the door and rejoice in the praise session (Ps 95:1). In V. 5, Solomon said that there is a time to cast stones and then to gather them.  Stones are sometimes used as metaphors for strongholds, and the bible teaches us that our weapons bring them down (2 Cor 10:4). David said that the Lord is our rock and our salvation (Ps 18:2). We become strong when we trust in him.  God will do something beautiful at the end. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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