{"id":9860,"date":"2021-09-02T09:02:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T13:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=9860"},"modified":"2021-09-02T09:02:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T13:02:18","slug":"he-has-made-everything-appropriate-in-its-time-he-has-also-put-eternity-in-their-hearts-but-man-cannot-discover-the-work-god-has-done-from-beginning-to-end-ecclesiastes-311-hcsb","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/he-has-made-everything-appropriate-in-its-time-he-has-also-put-eternity-in-their-hearts-but-man-cannot-discover-the-work-god-has-done-from-beginning-to-end-ecclesiastes-311-hcsb","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHe has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts, but man cannot discover the work God has done from beginning to end&#8221; (Ecclesiastes 3:11 HCSB)."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WE LONG FOR THE ETERNAL<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2svqj\" data-offset-key=\"crmvf-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"crmvf-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"crmvf-0-0\">King<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"crmvf-1-0\"> Solomon was the writer of Ecclesiastes. He observed the beauty of how God had assigned everything a season and how these things seemed to repeat over time. Yet, he also observed that God had put an eternal longing in man&#8217;s heart, so that he wanted to know and experience more than just what his season on earth allowed. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2svqj\" data-offset-key=\"1nb82-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"1nb82-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1nb82-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2svqj\" data-offset-key=\"7cc8s-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"7cc8s-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"7cc8s-0-0\">This &#8220;eternity&#8221; that God put in humanity&#8217;s heart makes us unique in creation. We long for that which will last. We long for ultimate meaning and purpose. We long for God. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2svqj\" data-offset-key=\"abp20-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"abp20-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"abp20-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2svqj\" data-offset-key=\"4mf4l-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"4mf4l-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"4mf4l-0-0\">Solomon found that everything &#8220;under the sun&#8221; was &#8220;vanity&#8221; (empty, meaningless). Why? Because we long for that which is beyond the sun. We long for the Eternal One. As Pascal has been quoted as saying, &#8220;There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.&#8221; We long for the Eternal One.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2svqj\" data-offset-key=\"bvntv-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"bvntv-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"bvntv-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"2svqj\" data-offset-key=\"b04ht-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"b04ht-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"b04ht-0-0\">PRAYER: Dear Father, We long for You. We long to know You better and to be with You in that place where our longing is satisfied and our tears are wiped away. Until that time, fill us afresh with Your Spirit and strengthen us for the day. 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