Eternity in Their Hearts

"One Year Bible" Old Testament Passage
Ecclesiates 1:1 -3:22

He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.  Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NKJV)

The Providence of God!  Underneath our lives and underneath this world is the wonderful, life-giving providence of God.  He sustains us day by day.  He gives us life, hope, beauty -- the very air we breathe. 

I know that some may respond with skepticism at my words and the words of Solomon.  No doubt, sin has deeply marred this beautiful world.  Pain courses through our existence.  Yet, in the words of words of Dt. 33:27, "The eternal God is your refuge, and  underneath are the everlasting arms."

In His redemptive work, God has surrounded us with tokens of His goodness.  We glimpse Him in His creation, and in the wonder of our world.  There are moments when we feel we can see eternity.  In that sense, we today have one foot in this world and one in the world to come.  It is beautiful.

One last note.  Solomon says we cannot find this out.  What He means is that the grandeur of how God created us and how we sustains us will always be hidden in Him.  We will never fully exhaust the knowing of God.  We can only love Him, serve Him, worship Him, and stand in awe.