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Ecclesiastes 6 (ESV)
7 All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied. 8 For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living? 9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.
10 Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he. 11 The more words, the more vanity, and what is the advantage to man? 12 For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun?
REFLECTION:
God knows and manages everything that happens in the world. Although it may not seem like this sometimes, God is indeed in full control of our lives. Since the God who created us fully understands us and has a wonderful plan to be accomplished in our lives, wouldn’t it be a lack of true wisdom if we still argue with Him about our cleverness and stupidity, strength and weakness, wealth and poverty, and superficial gains and losses? In these verses, Solomon tells us a meaningful truth: we can neither predict nor control our future, our future is completely under the control of God. Solomon said this to refute the common notion that people want to control their own destiny. Only God knows what will happen to us in the future. We should have the faith to rely on God in everything and understand that God has a good, acceptable and perfect will for our lives.
PRAYER:
Put down all the fear, worry and burden in your heart completely. Ask God to remove your idea of controlling your own destiny, and give you greater faith that you can completely rely on God in everything. Let God have full control of your life and lead your future path.
HYMN:
I Know Who Holds Tomorrow – https://youtu.be/JPSsSlmZt2w
