September 7
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ECCLESIASTES 3
9 What gain has the worker from his toil? 10 I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. 12 I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live; 13 also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God’s gift to man.14 I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him. 15 That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away. – Ecclesiastes 3:9-15
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ECCLESIASTES 3 GOD IMPRINTS ETERNITY IN MAN’S HEART
A poem inspired by these verses by ILMA
God loved man so much that he made him like him
He made everything beautiful in God’s own time
The Lord designed mankind so he will long for him
This is God’s imprint of eternity in man’s heart.
Whether a man knows God or not, he is designed for eternal life
This is why we have a sense of what is right or wrong inside us
Those who don’t know God would call it gut feeling or conscience
But for those who love God, they know that it is the Spirit’s guidance.
When we pursue material things, we fail to recognize eternal things
If we truly examine our hearts, we will trace this truth inside us
Everything that we receive from God is a gift to get closer to eternity
But because of sin, we fail to truly walk in the Spirit towards our maturity.
Do you find yourself wanting to end suffering and long to be with the Lord?
That too, is a manifestation of that imprint that he has put in our hearts
Let us then, remember that we are made to spend eternity with him
Let’s not be enmeshed by this world’s constant lure to rebel and sin.
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REFLECTION
• What are some of the manifestations of eternity in man’s heart?