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.
- Since God has appointed times for everything, why should you strive and struggle to make a difference under the sun?
- What profit do you seek from your work under the sun? - What are some of the forces that drive people to work?
- According to Solomon, why did God give man labor to do?
- What can happen when people are idle?
- What is the difference between idleness and relaxation?
- How does God's giving labor to man fit with His time table? - What does it mean by God set eternity in man's heart?
- How is this manifested?
- How have you noticed this in your life? - How might the following be the result of the "eternity setting"?
- quest for fame
- quest for heirs
- quest to build and/or accomplish great things
- sense of "why bother" - How does the "eternity setting" relate to knowing what God has done?
- How does the "eternity setting" relate to God's time table?
Every once in awhile you get a glimpse of what is under your hood. You get to see your engine, the thing that drives you. You have eternity set in your heart but you have finite life. It is like having the fastest Ferrari made, but having a 30 mile per hour speed limit all around you. In our inner being we know: We were made for eternity. We were made for Eden. We were made for perfect relationships. Yet we groan because that is not what we have. Our groanings cause us to look for substitutes; yet Solomon has stated that the substitutes are vanity. Now that you know the "eternity setting" is on, you can live with a view to eternity; if you choose to not chase the wind.
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