Ecclesiastes – Chasing After the Wind

Ecclesiastes 3

“To everything, turn, turn, turn
There is a season, turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven.”

– The Byrds, 1965

Chapter 3 is the hinge chapter of the book of Ecclesiastes – on this chapter, everything else turns. As you read your way through the pairs that the author has assembled to begin this chapter, you may notice something. With each pair of opposites; birth and death, planting and harvesting, killing and healing – the human being is not in control.

The human being is involved, but in no way decides when any of these things will happen. Planting crops happen when creation is ready for it. Harvest occurs when the crops are ready to be picked. Human beings are active participants, but have no control over when any of these events will take place, and what their outcomes will be. Join us as Ecclesiastes tells us about our God, His Creation, and our role in it all.

-Pastor Nate Roschen