“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.”
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Time also makes us very curious about eternity. We want to know what there is after death. What does eternity look like? Since we’re placed in this season of time, it’s inevitable that we’re concerned about it.
If eternity is something that burns in our hearts, the difficulty is that it is hidden from our eyes. We see neither what God accomplished at the beginning nor what He will do in the end. “‘My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,’ declares the LORD. ‘As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways are higher than your ways’” (Isaiah 55:8-90).
We don’t have the master plan. Yet we know God has made everything beautiful in His time. Literally, God has made everything proper, appropriate, and fitting for its time every season. To this you might say, “Really? Beautiful according to whom?” Dear friend, it’s beautiful according to God. When He makes something, what does He say of it? It’s good (see Genesis 1:31). He makes everything good in His time, and we can trust Him to do so in our lives.
If eternity is something that burns in our hearts, the difficulty is that it is hidden from our eyes. We see neither what God accomplished at the beginning nor what He will do in the end. “‘My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,’ declares the LORD. ‘As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways are higher than your ways’” (Isaiah 55:8-90).
We don’t have the master plan. Yet we know God has made everything beautiful in His time. Literally, God has made everything proper, appropriate, and fitting for its time every season. To this you might say, “Really? Beautiful according to whom?” Dear friend, it’s beautiful according to God. When He makes something, what does He say of it? It’s good (see Genesis 1:31). He makes everything good in His time, and we can trust Him to do so in our lives.
Scripture Focus
Psalm 111
Insight
“The fact that our hearts yearn for something Earth can’t supply is proof that Heaven must be our home.” (C.S. Lewis, 1952)
Bible In A Year
- Joshua 13-14
- Psalm 103
- Acts 28