Ecclesiastes 9:1 “For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.”
People by nature do not understand God, they simply do
not understand anything about Him. It is only after a soul is saved by the
power of the Holy Spirit and through the blood of Jesus, then trough the
teaching of the Holy Spirit that we will ever understand anything about God.
Nothing about God comes naturally, it is not simply studied and learned, and it
is not handed down through time, it is the gift of God, and all gifts from God
are called spiritual gifts. The Apostle Paul wrote it this way, “Wherefore I
give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus
accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy
Ghost. Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.” 1 Cor.
12:3, 4. As Christians, it would do us well to understand that we are in God’s
grace, we live, we move and have our being only by His gracious hand. The
Preacher (Solomon) wrote a very profound truth, “I considered in my heart
even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are
in the hand of God:” The hardest truth for Christians to grasp and
understanding is just how much our dependance is on God. The Psalmist David
wrote these words, “Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee
the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him;
and he shall bring it to pass.” Psalms 37:4, 5 Human nature teaches us
that all things are within our reach if we earn them, fight for them, but God
said He supplies all our needs in life. The Preacher wrote “no man knoweth
either love or hatred by all that is before them.” The truth is, people by
nature understand little, and even less than little about God. There is no love
in the natural heart, but there is hatred, but people do not know that hatred
is there because we are born in hatred. Hatred is all people know because we
are controlled by sinfulness, everything about the natural man is sinful. Love
is a gift from God, just like faith is a gift from God. As Christians we must
consider these things in our hearts, we must read God’s word and pray that God
will teach us and give us the strength to lean on Him, because through Him we
can do all things if He so wills. The Apostle Paul wrote, “I can do all
things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” Php. 4:13 Albert Barnes
wrote, “He could bear any trial, perform any duty, subdue any evil
propensity of his nature, and meet all the temptations incident to any
condition of prosperity or adversity.” Though Christ if it was the will of
God. The Omniscient will of God is the key to our success
in life, it could be that God’s plan for us is to have trials, suffer persecution,
or to have success and succeed in life. Remember that the spiritual gifts of
God are given in diverse ways as God chooses, therefore, one may succeed and
another may fail, but it is all at God’s blessings. It is human nature to
worry, but for a believer to worry shows a lack of faith in God’s Omniscient
choosing for us, and His Omnipotent control over everything in our life. Either
God controls everything in our life, or He controls nothing. We are neither on
our own nor are we left alone, God is our strength and our buckler in life. Please
listen closely to the Psalmist David in Psalms 18:2 - 3 “The LORD is my
rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will
trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. I will call
upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine
enemies.” Then look to Job, he never failed to trust the Lord when he lost
everything, while he may not have understood everything, he never blamed God
not trusted God. We must remember that God has a reason and purpose in all
things, even in our sacrifices. Listen to God, “Trust in the LORD with all
thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.” Pro. 3:5
