When We Insist On Knowing

By pastorbillwalden

King Solomon wrote…
Ecclesiastes 1:16-18 I communed with my heart, saying, “Look, I have attained greatness, and have gained more wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My heart has understood great wisdom and knowledge.” 17 And I set my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is grasping for the wind. 18 For in much wisdom is much grief, And he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

Pastor Brian Bell (Calvary Chapel Murietta, CA) writes…

Wisdom & experience will not solve every problem.

If you go through life looking for explanations on everything you’ll have 2 frustrations:
1. Explanations do not exist for everything.
2. And even if God did show you “why” you probably still wouldn’t understand.

God has ordained people to live by promise, not explanations, by faith & not by sight.

John 20:9 “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

Not only did this wisest of men (Solomon) not find all the answers he was seeking…they only added to his difficulties (grief & sorrow). Knowledge can increase sorrow IF you leave out the God of Wisdom & the Wisdom of God!