Ecclesiastes 8:16 – 17 When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that is done on earth, even one sees no sleep day or night, 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; moreover, though a wise man attempts to know it, he will not be able to find it.
King Solomon built the first temple in Israel, established vast trade, built a well constructed government and of course was known for his wisdom literature. God said He gave Solomon more wisdom and money that anyone else ever. He applied years to knowledge and seeking to better his country. Then along the way he figured out that God had created so much that he could not conceive the amount and vastness of what was created. He understood that even if he did not sleep and worked the entirety of his days, he would not even understand an infinitesimal amount of what God created.
This is why it is so comical when a man or woman states God is not real. Man cannot even conceive what their own brain function entails. We do not know what is in the entirety of the oceans. Something new is discovered everyday that God created from the beginning. We accept the fact we do not and cannot know everything. So how can we even think of the whole of who and what God is? This is in of itself proof that God exists. How can God be a being that we can know and conceive everything?
Intelligence of man is limited by the very organ we create knowledge with. How can we honestly say there is no God? This is extreme foolishness. This is intentionally ignoring what all creation screams. This is narcissism at its core. God is real. He created everything and is so far above where our thought lays. And even though we at our core as humans are sinners and show this narcissistic behavior, God still loves us! He sent His Son to die on a cross for us! This is the greatest example of how much higher God is than man.
Key Takeaways
- Ecclesiastes 8:16-17 emphasizes the limits of human understanding regarding God’s work on Earth.
- King Solomon’s wisdom showed him that the vastness of creation is beyond human comprehension.
- Claiming God is not real ignores the complexity of existence and the limits of human knowledge.
- Human intelligence is limited; dismissing God reflects a deep-seated narcissism.
- God’s love is evident through the sacrifice of His Son, despite human sinfulness.


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