The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Ecclesiastes3:10-15, “I have seen the task which God
has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves.
11 He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has
also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find
out the work which God has done from the beginning even
to the end.
12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice
and to do good in one’s lifetime;
13 moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good
in all his labor– it is the gift of God.
14 I know that everything God does will remain forever; there
is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it, for
God has so worked that men should fear Him.
15 That which is has been already and that which will be has
already been, for God seeks what has passed by.”

Solomon was indeed a wise man! At least, at the point of
writing Ecclesiastes, he was. Yes, Solomon made some
serious mistakes; still, so have we all! He allows, however,
that God has put into the heart of everyone what he
is to do. He is, thus, our enabler in all commissioned things.

Why, then, are we often discouraged with how things we do
turn out? It has to be either that we have ignored the duties
He has assigned to us, or we’ve focused on tiredness in the
production of His assignments. That certainly does occur!

Work is good for all of us (vv. 12-13). Even the things we do
not like to do, become joyful in the doing when we concentrate
on them being His will for us.

Further, if I understand verse 14 correctly, the only thing we
do that has eternal consequences is contained in God’s will.
And verse 15 tells us that there is nothing new – “That which
is has been already…” How’s that for letting us be “in on”
things that have been around for some time? New to us,
but not to God! Something to think about, huh?

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America

“We never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom