what a cycle

Ecclesiastes 3:14-15, "I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past."





We have a sovereign God, what a blessing to know that He can do what no one else can do, and no one can undo, what He has determined will be done. This passage tells us that His sovereignty causes men to fear before Him. Men only worship that which they perceive as greater than them. There is nothing greater than our God. Knowing that God is the one that establishes all things, and nothing can be taken from or added to what He does, explains the next verse.





It is strange to think that what has been is now, and what is coming has already been, but we see it everyday. Solomon told us that there is nothing new under the sun. The principle that is being presented here is the principle of cyclical nature. Consider the last statement in these verses, "God requireth that which is past". God has established that there be a cycle to everything. consider the cycle of life. Life begins, there is growth, there is reproduction, there is decline, there is death, and the cycle goes on. the water begins in the sea, evaporates up into the air, rains upon the ground, runs to the river, and back into the sea. God has put a cycle in everything around us, and this cycle is established by God. Men cannot change it, time does not alter it, because God is sovereign and what He does is forever. When we see these cycles around us it should remind us of how great our God is, that He is sovereign and we should fear before Him, and worship Him.