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 3v11
I had never noticed this passage until Jay preached on it a few weeks
ago. I was taken by the concept of ‘eternity in their hearts.’ I think part of
the reason why it grabbed my attention was that I was studying Romans 1 at the
time. There we read that God has revealed Himself to all men and that all men
have a knowledge of God in their hearts. In order to overcome that knowledge
they must choose to suppress it.
As beings created with eternity in our hearts it is easy to see why we
will never find satisfaction in the temporal. Deep down there is always that
knowledge that there is something more to life than just the years we spend
here. Everyone knows it, but man does not like to think about eternity because
that knowledge makes him accountable.
I think that is why sin is so active. I think that is a big part of why
man makes the sinful choices he does. It is hard to ignore the knowledge of
eternity that is placed in the hearts of man. Man must choose to ignore God and
eternity. When he does this he focuses on doing all he can to find a meaning in
this life.
But there is none to be found here so man goes on and on and on trying
to find it.
This ought to encourage believers. Everyone we meet has, perhaps hidden
deep down, a knowledge of eternity. It is our task to appeal to that knowledge
and show them the way.
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