A consistent—and perhaps reasonable—question that is commonly asked is this: “Why do bad things happen to me when I love God and am trying to do the right thing?”
In the third chapter of Ecclesiastes, Solomon shows that no matter how you slice it, the sovereignty of God lies behind everything that happens.
The existence of evil is one of the great philosophical problems of all time: How did evil come into existence from an all-holy God?
Pastor Tommy Nelson explains that Solomon’s four themes in this chapter are as follows: God is wise; God is mysterious; enjoy today; and rest in the sovereignty of God.
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