Rest

For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from His (Hebrews 4:10)

As we, through the Cross of Christ and our co-crucifixion, cease the competition of the flesh, we discover God’s seasons spoken of by Solomon, “To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,  a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build,  a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,  a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,  a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,  a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,   a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-10).

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end (Ecclesiastes 3:11)

God’s work, though eternity that is in man’s heart, cannot be comprehended by man. Sometimes we are to speak, other times be silent. Sometimes we search, sometimes we count as lost — there is a time to be born, and a time to die.” All is beautiful in God’s time.

In contrast, Yuval Noah Harari wrote in his book “Homo Deus,” “the breakneck development of fields such as genetic engineering, regenerative medicine, and nanotechnology fosters ever more “optimistic” prophesies. Some believe that “humans will overcome death by 2200, others say 2100. Others maintain that “anyone possessing a healthy body and a healthy bank account in 2050 will have a serious shot at immortality by cheating death a decade at a time — every ten years or so we will march into a clinic and receive a makeover treatment that will not only cure illnesses, but will also regenerate decaying tissues, and upgrade hands, eyes, and brains.”

Driven, perhaps in sincere goodness, by a desire to perfect humanhood and eliminate dying with breakneck speed; mankind lunges toward immortality. Problem remains, is it in opposition to God? Solomon observed in Ecclesiastes 4:4, ” I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.” Amazing statement,

Carnal man was on the move contrary to God, even back in Genesis 11:4

“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”

In resentful envy relating to their disadvantaged state and vulnerability to God’s all-powerful nature,  certain of mankind drove to overcome the deficit. However, missing in the rush to preserve and perpetuate man’s life, is the beauty of God’s work which eclipses time and mere mortality. Missing, sorrowfully,  the quality of a life is left out.

To this quality, Spurgeon speaks beautiful words:

“Let convulsions shake the solid earth, let the skies themselves be rent in twain, yet amid the wreck of worlds the believer shall be as secure as in the calmest hour of rest. … If all other brooks be dry, yet shall there be one reserved for Elijah, and when that fails, God shall still reserve for him a place of sustenance.”

“God has made everything beautiful in its time.”

In closing, “Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit” (Ecclesiastes 4:6).

Beloved, quietness, a loving caring God — a Comforter, comforting by His mere presence — a sense of security hope, and peace, all promote the work of God. Yes, faith is the work and activates us by love. Life is unpredictable, but His presence and plan beatifies every moment. love ya