Days of Praise Podcast
Everything Beautiful in His Time
“He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11)
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- Broadcast on:
- 09 Oct 2024
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- other
Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. Everything beautiful in His time. He has made everything beautiful in His time. Also, He has set the world in their heart so that no man can find out the work that God makes from the beginning to the end, Ecclesiastes 3.11. In verses 2-8 of Ecclesiastes 3 appears a remarkable listing of 28 times, arranged in 14 pairs of opposites, for example, a time to be born and a time to die. The entire section is introduced by God's definitive statement to everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven. It is then climaxed by His remarkable assurance in the words of our text for the day. Everything that God has made is beautiful in its appropriate time, even death and war, killing and hating, and all the other negatives in the list as well as the 14 positives, healing and loving, building and planting, and many others. The pronoun could be either it's or his, and since all our times are in thy hand, it is fitting to recognize that the appropriate time for every purpose under heaven is his time. God's time. Thus, everything that God has made is, in fact, beautiful when accomplished in his own time, in his way, as set forth in his word. We may not understand many things in our time, for no man can find out the work that God makes from the beginning to the end. Nevertheless, when God made us, He set the world in our hearts so that the very deepest roots of our nature assure us that God exists and cares. The Hebrew word for "world" means literally that world without end. Thus, all that happens to us, if accepted and applied according to God's word, becomes beautiful, and we know that all things work together for good, to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose. If you've enjoyed today's devotional, be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts, and please rate and review so more listeners can find us. To support ICR's ministry, visit icr.org/donate. Your gift of any amount helps us reach others with biblical truth and encouragement. Thanks for listening. We hope you'll start each day with day's praise.