Good morning, brothers and sisters!
Today we’re in Part Two of our Ecclesiastes Wisdom series, looking at Ecclesiastes 3 and the seasons of life. Yesterday we talked about life feeling like a treadmill when God isn’t at the center. Today we slow down and see that there is “a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens,” and that our Father is over every single one of those seasons.
Scriptures (NIV)
Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 (NIV)
“There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.”
Ecclesiastes 3:9–14 (NIV)
“What do workers gain from their toil?
I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race.
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live.
That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God.
I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him.”
🕊️ Devotional
Brothers and sisters, Ecclesiastes 3 reminds us that life does not stay the same. There is “a time to be born and a time to die… a time to weep and a time to laugh… a time to mourn and a time to dance.” Some days everything feels like it’s blooming; other days it feels like things are being torn down. Some seasons are full of laughter, and some are full of tears. The Bible is honest about that. God isn’t surprised by any of it.
For a lot of us, it looks like this: there’s a season of work and grind—early mornings, long days, like when I’m up in Chicago doing those long stretches—and then there’s a season where God lets you breathe a little, like this cruise coming up. There are seasons where you’re starting something new, and seasons where you have to let something go. Ecclesiastes tells us all of that lives “under the heavens.” In other words, your season is not random. God sees it, God knows it, and God is over it.
Then the passage says, “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart.” That means God is working in ways we don’t see yet, and in His time He brings beauty out of things that right now just feel confusing or painful. And that little ache in us that says, “There has to be more than this”—that’s eternity in your heart. That’s God’s fingerprint, reminding you this world is not the whole story. Ecclesiastes also says it’s a gift from God when we can eat, drink, and find satisfaction in our work. Even simple things like a meal, a job done well, or a quiet moment with your family are gifts from His hand.
Ecclesiastes isn’t asking you to figure out every season. It’s inviting you to trust the One who holds every season. Solomon was a wise king, but he was still just a man. Jesus is the Son of God. Solomon can say, “There’s a time for everything,” but only Jesus can walk with you through every time—through joy and grief, through building and tearing down, through work and rest. He knows what it is to rejoice and what it is to weep, and He conquered death so that the “time to die” is not the end for those who belong to Him.
🙏 Closing Prayer
Father God, thank You for Ecclesiastes 3 and for reminding us that there is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens. Thank You that our seasons are not random, but are held in Your hands.
Today, for every brother and sister listening, You know the season they are in—whether it is a time to laugh or a time to weep, a time to build or a time to let go. Help us trust You in it. Help us see the small gifts in it, and remember that You have set eternity in our hearts.
We ask this in Jesus’ precious name, amen.
✨ Lord, I trust You with the season I’m in right now.
💬 What kind of season are you walking through today—a time to weep, to laugh, to build, or to let go?
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