Imagine little children dashing through the backyard all looking to find the golden Easter egg. After such excitement, a child picks up the chocolate bunny, eyes wide, mouthwatering in anticipation for the first taste. The child vigorously bites the bunny’s ear to experience the sweet taste of rich milk chocolate but is disrupted by the realization that the bunny is hollow and after the child shallows the awaited treat, the experience is gone. Life is just like the chocolate bunny, empty, hollow, and disappointing. Grasping the sweet things in life such as possessions, power, and pleasure will only result in nothingness. Ecclesiastes was probably written around 450 - 350 B.C. and authorship is traditionally given to Solomon as a life reflection.
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In contrast, with our eternal God, “yet God makes everything appropriate only in time”. Timing is essential to human evolution. All the experiences listed in verses (3:1-8) are appropriate at certain times. The secret to peace in all seasons of life is to discover, accept, and appreciate God’s timing. The most misunderstood verse in this chapter appears to be 3:8, “There is a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. “ This does not warrant hate of persons but that we must hate our sin because God hates our sin (Psalm 5:5). In this section, Solomon reassures the reader that God has a plan for all people. God provides the cycles of life, each with its work for us to do. According to 3:14, the purpose behind this plan is to fear God. Fear in this text is defined as respect or to stand in awe of the all-powerful God. Therefore purpose in life starts with whom we know, not what we know or how good we are. Although we may face many problems that seem to contradict God’s plan, these should not be barriers to our faith, but rather opportunities to discover that, with God, life’s problem cannot be
In contrast, with our eternal God, “yet God makes everything appropriate only in time”. Timing is essential to human evolution. All the experiences listed in verses (3:1-8) are appropriate at certain times. The secret to peace in all seasons of life is to discover, accept, and appreciate God’s timing. The most misunderstood verse in this chapter appears to be 3:8, “There is a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. “ This does not warrant hate of persons but that we must hate our sin because God hates our sin (Psalm 5:5). In this section, Solomon reassures the reader that God has a plan for all people. God provides the cycles of life, each with its work for us to do. According to 3:14, the purpose behind this plan is to fear God. Fear in this text is defined as respect or to stand in awe of the all-powerful God. Therefore purpose in life starts with whom we know, not what we know or how good we are. Although we may face many problems that seem to contradict God’s plan, these should not be barriers to our faith, but rather opportunities to discover that, with God, life’s problem cannot be