21 June | EVERYONE
«To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck what is planted.» Ecclesiastes 3: 1, 2
In the first eight verses of Ecclesiastes chapter 3, Solomon uses the word “time” twenty-seven times. He refers not only to the order of things but mainly to the transience of time and ends by saying: “for all is vanity. All go to one place: all are from the dust, and all return to dust.” (v. 19 and 20).
At some point in his life, the wisest king in the world allowed himself to be carried away by the passions of life, he was swallowed up by the polluted waters of illusion; but finally he returned to the source of wisdom, which is God, and then wrote the book of Ecclesiastes, in which he strives to show the meaning-lessness of living away from Him.
The water that runs through the creek does not return to the spring, the flower that falls does not return to the plant from which it fell. Transience is synonymous with life on earth, including human life, and a preamble to the harsh and tragic reality that is death. After the entrance of sin into the world, everything goes away and ends. Human beings and their history are heading towards oblivion as the waters of rivers are heading towards the sea.
However, the ephemeral is not intrinsic to time, although it is a condition of this humanity, because God determines time; He is eternity itself. In this world of sin, death underlies the mournful lament at every sunset, but the eternal day is coming and then there will be time to be happily ever after.
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Accepting that things in life have their time will help you be patient and understand that it is often better to wait. At the same time, you do not have to resign yourself to the fact that evil has “it’s time” over and over again. Rebel against that with the weapons of Jesus! Sing “To Everything There Is a Season” (if possible, with your family).