Encouragement: All that God has done.

Here is your daily encouragement words and thoughts. Today I bring you encouragement from Ecclesiastes 8:16-17

16 When I tried to gain wisdom
and to observe the activity on earth –
even though it prevents anyone from sleeping day or night –
17 then I discerned all that God has done:
No one really comprehends what happens on earth.
Despite all human efforts to discover it, no one can ever grasp it.
Even if a wise person claimed that he understood,
he would not really comprehend it.

Biblical Studies Press. (2006; 2006). The NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible (Ec 8:16-17). Biblical Studies Press.

We in our modern society place a lot of emphasis on gaining knowledge and figuring out how every thing works. With my science background I have spent a lot of time in problem solving and making things work. These pursuits often result in lack of sleep. We are either internally tied up with how it all works or in knots worrying that we will not figure it out or worrying what we will do next if we do figure it out. We often feel we are trapped at the center of it all and it is all on our shoulders.

This mind set carries over to our study of God's word and our relationship with God. We can pour over scripture over and over and then try to find proofs or historical references to capture it all and make it part of our wisdom.

"Then I discerned all that God has done" our writer here gives us the key of what we need to discover. That it is all much larger that what we can comprehend. Even if we claim we have it figured out, our picture world, our picture of God then is just too small. No one can ever grasp it all.

If you have not viewed the link I have here over to the right entitled "A message that helps define just how big God is..." please please take the time to view it, it even warrants a second look. An Indescribable God - Louis Giglio Coming to terms with just how big God is and how small we are in the grand scheme is just so important. We can seek all that God has done but accept that what God does and is more than we can comprehend . Through this discovery we can allow ourselves to pursue life with joy and confidence that the world and the universe is not all on our shoulders and that God is in control.

Amen

Music Encouragement God is in control - Avalon