THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES - PART TWO
MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR TIME
Point of Grace - Pflugerville, Texas
August 31, 2025
INTRODUCTION
Ecclesiastes 1:2 and 12:8
“Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless!”
I. ____________________ THAT GOD HAS A ____________________ FOR EVERY TIME
Ecclesiastes 3:1
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
Ecclesiastes 3:2-8
…a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, 3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, 4 a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, 5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, 6 a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, 7 a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, 8 a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:9-11a
What does the worker gain from his toil? 10 I have seen the burden God has laid on men. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time.
Romans 8:28 (TPT)
We are convinced that every detail in our lives is continually woven together for good.
The Point:
STAY _____________________!
II. _____________________ YOUR _________________ IN GOD THROUGH ALL TIMES
Ecclesiastes 3:11b
He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
Ecclesiastes 3:11b (LB)
Though God has planted eternity in the hearts of men, even so, man cannot see the whole scope of God’s work, from beginning to end.
John 13:7
You do not realize what I am doing, but later you will understand.
2 Corinthians 1:9
This happened so that we might learn to trust not in ourselves, but in God.
The Point:
KEEP ______________________!
III. ___________________ YOURSELF TO DOING _____________ AT THE PRESENT TIME
Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. 13 That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God.
Ephesians 2:10
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
The Point:
DO ___________________ TODAY!
Proverbs 3:27 (GN)
Whenever you possibly can, do good to those who need it.
Ecclesiastes 3:14:
I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing can be taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.
IV. ___________________ GIVING GOD AN __________________ AT THE END OF TIME
Ecclesiastes 3:15-17
Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account. 16 And I saw something else under the sun: In the place of judgement—wickedness was there, the place of justice—wickedness was there. I thought in my heart, “God will bring to judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time for every deed.
Romans 14:12
So each of us will give an account of himself to God.
Matthew 25:23
Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful with a little, I will make you faithful over much. Enter into the joy of your Master!
The Point:
BE _____________________________!
Ephesians 5:15-16 (Phil)
Live life, then, with a due sense of responsibility, not as ones who don’t know the meaning of life, but as those who do. Make the best use of your time.