by Dona Hake
Ecclesiastes 3:11 (AMP)
“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He also has planted eternity in men’s hearts and minds [a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages which nothing under the sun but God alone can satisfy], yet so that men cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.”
“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He also has planted eternity in men’s hearts and minds [a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages which nothing under the sun but God alone can satisfy], yet so that men cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.”
I think this scripture is so precious, and it causes me to reflect on how God created us to need Him. He created each one of us with a special assignment in this life, and only He can accomplish it through us. I love how it tells us that God has planted eternity in every heart and mind that has ever lived. It is so very sad to hear when people decide to reject our loving Heavenly Father. There are those that deny Creation, and there are those that deny Jesus any place in their life. No matter how much one rejects truth, there will always be a hole and void in their heart, and they will try to fill it by living in their own ability, and serving the god of this world.Within the heart of man is a longing that only God can satisfy yet man who chooses to fill his needs and emptiness apart from Christ will never be fulfilled. I remember someone saying once that every man was created with a “hole” in their heart that only God is able to fill. How true this is.
I particularly want you to look at “man cannot understand the work God has done from the beginning to the end.” The beauty of this is that this is what makes God so great and almighty in all that He does. He is beyond us figuring Him out, nor should we try to comprehend His ways. If He wants you to understand, He will. Let us submit our lives and wills to Him, and simply trust Him. He has promised that as we trust Him that He will lovingly care for us, and we shall lack nothing.
Isaiah 58:11 (AMP)
“And the Lord shall guide you continually and satisfy you in drought and in dry places and make strong your bones. And you shall be like a watered garden
and like a spring of water whose waters fail not.”
“And the Lord shall guide you continually and satisfy you in drought and in dry places and make strong your bones. And you shall be like a watered garden
and like a spring of water whose waters fail not.”
Let God show Himself strong in you when there is no strength to be found. Permit Him to be the one to lovingly fill the void and emptiness in your heart. Permit Him to be your loving Shepherd in the dry lands for He will cause you to be as a well watered garden. It is not necessary to know how He does it for He alone is God, and all He wants is your trust!
Lord, we ask You this day to touch our hearts with fresh understanding of what our purpose is as we live this life on earth. We know that You and only You can satisfy every need that we have, and
we praise You for that. Cause us Lord to hear Your voice as we seek You with
our whole heart, and help us to continue to understand the way in which we are to walk. In Jesus Name, Amen!