So, as Solomon writes, “…then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. For though a man labors to discover it, yet he will not find it…” Some things of God are infinitely above our pay grade. Change that: most things, or almost all things….
Ecclesiastes 8: 1(a) Who is like a wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing?
When it comes to the things of God, the answer is often “no one.” We want God to fit in our human box, but that isn’t how things work.
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https://bionicmosquito.substack.com/p/ecclesiastes-8?publication_id=2189155&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=y7h5a&utm_medium=email ...Again, why does God allow such things? It seems to me that to spend too much time trying to understand the answer to this question is vanity: futile, a waste of time and effort. God has His reasons and purposes.
Does this mean I am to sit by, and not do what I can for justice? Not at all. Perhaps God is presenting me with an opportunity to do just this.
For me to take some action is not vanity.
