JAN 22 

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
Memorise Romans 8:28
"To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven"

DO YOU TRUST IN GOD’S PERFECT PURPOSES?

After Solomon describes his fruitless quest for meaning in life, in trying to find true happiness through human wisdom, labour and riches, he concludes that it is all vanity and vexation of spirit.

He now launches into a second discourse, where he would describe his observations concerning life. This will run from Ecclesiastes 3-6. He observes the varied and often foolish ways in which the common man carries out their lives under the sun, and critiques and comments on various things which he observes in their lives.

In Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, he first looks at life in general, and observes the cycle of life as a whole. Like he did when he observed the cycle of nature in chapter one, he now observes the cycles of life, and comes to a similar conclusion – that God is sovereign, and man is mortal. With his vast intellect, he looks across all the affairs of man’s life, and realizes that no matter what man does in trying to prevent certain things or make certain things happen, everything and anything that happens is under the hand of a sovereign God. Everything has an appointed time and season, and everything that happens fulfils a specific purpose, not by chance, not by fate, but because of the will of God. God is the one who is in charge. He alone decrees how, when and where things happen. He alone also know why it will happen, and who will be involved. Yet we know that as things happen in accordance to God’s purpose, it will always be the very best. His purposes are always perfect, and will never disappoint.

Dear teen, do you trust in God’s perfect purposes? Do you realize that everything and anything in your life happens for a reason? If you are a child of God, we know that all things will certainly work together for good, because they happen at the exact specified season and appointed time, in accordance to God’s purposes. There is no such thing as chance, luck, or coincidence or random happenings. God is always in control of your life, and everything that happens to it! Do you have the faith to believe?

Thought: God never moves without purpose or plan
Prayer: Lord, grant me the faith to believe that You always have a perfect plan!