Ecclesiastes 3:1
For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.
O my Father, You are so wise, and You gave Solomon such wisdom; and You had him record this little book of how he tried all the different activities that can be done here "under the Sun," to find out for himself what is worth doing.
And we can benefit from all his experiments. You have made this world and hung it on nothing, placed it in this solar system in the universe, and filled it with all the good things we need to live and prosper and seek Your Face. Solomon's conclusion to the whole matter is, "Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of Man" (12:13).
You have made this Earth to be self-perpetuating; the water and weather systems, the seasons. It is cyclical, round and round, to provide for every generation through the time You have set for us. For we are born and then we die, and others carry on in their time. Until the end of Time.
Father, help me to use the few days You have allotted me for Your glory. Help me to cherish and value each moment, to not waste even one. Teach me how to use what You have given me to benefit others and draw them closer to You.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
