And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. Ecclesiastes 1:13
The writer of this book is Solomon who is identified
as “the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem” in verse 1. King
Solomon was a great man; I believe spiritually he would have been a very strong
servant of God because God said he was. “And God gave Solomon wisdom and
understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is
on the sea shore. (30) And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the
children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.” 1 Kings 4:29
But with all this wisdom and understanding he continually gave his heart to
search out by wisdom the thing God did on the earth. Imagine the spiritual intelligence
we could have if we gave our hearts to want to know everything about the
workings of the Lord. Solomon also wrote in Ecclesiastes 7:25 “I applied
mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of
things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:”
To search out the wisdom of God in the events, not only in the good things but
in the evil wickedness, foolishness, and madness in this world. Imagine if
believers today attempted to follow Solomons lead here, and instead of worrying
about things, instead of complaining about things, instead of losing their
minds over things happening in this world, we simply remember that God is over
all things, and God has promised us, “… that all things work together for
good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
Romans 8:28 And in believing God and knowing that this is His promise to us,
that everything in our life, everything happening on this earth, that every
event, is under the ordained power of God. So, to us it is our obligated work,
to give our hearts to enough study time in attempting to search out by wisdom God’s
purpose in doing these things. And once we get those answers, imagine how much
more spiritually powerful we would be. Nothing just happens, everything is by a
designed and ordained will of God, we just need to search out why He did it.
Solomon also wrote these words, “I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall
be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God
doeth it, that men should fear before him. (15) That which hath been is now;
and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.”
Ecclesiastes 3:14 - 15 Can you we see what King Solomon saw? Can we understand
what God is telling us through Solomon’s writings, if not, we need to keep
searching for the answers. Solomon went on to say these words, “And moreover
I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the
place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. (17) I said in mine heart,
God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for
every purpose and for every work.” Ecclesiastes 3:16 – 17 Believer, do
not worry about the wickedness, not even the wicked judges because God is the final
Judge, and He has put all that judgment into the trusted hands of Jesus Christ,
the Son of man. I cannot personally answer why things happen in this world, nor
why God allows so much evil to reign in this world. However, I can tell you the
answer to all your questions are in God’s word and it is up to us to “gave
my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done
under heaven”. Because it is our study time that makes us better
Christians. “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth
not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15
Because it is through this study time that every Christian will grow and excel in
understanding God, His ways, His doings, His will, and everything else in your
life and in the happenings in this world. So, I will ask, do we all give enough
time to God, do we seek to know His will and His doings in our own life and in
the world that we live? If not, then we are missing such a blessing!
