"Consider God's Work"

 "For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before him." (Ecclesiastes 9:1 KJV)

  "The people surrounded him and asked, "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly." Jesus replied, "I have already told you, and you don't believe me. The proof is the work I do in my Father's name. But you don't believe me because you are not my sheep. My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me, for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else. No one can snatch them from the Father's hand. The Father and I are one." Once again the people picked up stones to kill him. Jesus said, "At my Father's direction I have done many good works. For which one are you going to stone me?" They replied, "We're stoning you not for any good work, but for blasphemy! You, a mere man, claim to be God."" (John 10:24-33 NLT)

 First off, Solomon is hesitant to explain the things he considered in his heart; mostly because they, at first glance, would most likely not shine a very good light upon God; seeing that both the righteous and the wicked are all in the same boat, so to speak. Here on this earth, the rain falls upon the good and the bad, just as sickness and death; we all suffer through life with the same ailments, some more than others. 

 We can seriously all but pretend that we know how we will react, regardless of your current beliefs; because once you come down with something, or you lose someone you love, you really don't know how you will react. You really cannot plan for it to be as you think, until you are going through it. Will it be something that draws you closer to God, or will you hate God for allowing it to happen?

 That is really not hard to understand, because there are many people that resent God, even though they have served Him for years; but once they have a great loss, they change their heart and turn away from the only one that can actually give them comfort!

 Thus, this little tidbit is added in: We are in the hand of God...

""Oh, why give light to those in misery, and life to those who are bitter? They long for death, and it won't come. They search for death more eagerly than for hidden treasure. They're filled with joy when they finally die, and rejoice when they find the grave. Why is life given to those with no future, those God has surrounded with difficulties? I cannot eat for sighing; my groans pour out like water. What I always feared has happened to me. What I dreaded has come true. I have no peace, no quietness. I have no rest; only trouble comes."" (Job 3:20-26 NLT)