Year 5, Day 341: Ecclesiastes 11

Theological Commentary: Click Here

Discipleship Focus: King

• King: This is the pinnacle of the Kingdom Triangle.  When we look towards God’s position in the universe, we acknowledge that He is an omnipotent king.  Authority comes from Him.  Power comes through His authority.  He is looking for representatives for His kingdom.

As I read through Ecclesiastes 11 I took a little extra time to ponder Ecclesiastes 11:5.  The truth is, we don’t actually know how life is created.  We can explain the biology.  Sperm meets eggs.  Chromosomes meet and begin to rapidly copy themselves over and over.  Soon cells form and special and the process of copying continues until an organism is produced.  But the biology doesn’t explain life.  Human beings have soul, reason, conscience.  Dogs, cats, trees, snakes, mushrooms don’t.  They have cells that reproduce just like ours.  But they don’t have the ability to think and reason and use logic to make choices over good and evil.  We can explain the biology, but we cannot explain the spirit.

How many other things is this true about in life?  How many things can we explain how it works while not being able to explain why it works?  How often do we think we understand but are really losing sight about the things we don’t actually know?

That’s why God is king.  We might not be able to explain life and we certainly cannot create it.  But God can.  God understands it so intimately that He can even create it out of nothing!  That’s why He is King.  That’s why He deserves our worship and praise.

<><