Charles Spurgeon Commentary Ecclesiastes 11:4-5

Charles Spurgeon Commentary

Ecclesiastes 11:4-5

1834–1892
Baptist
Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon Commentary

Ecclesiastes 11:4-5

1834–1892
Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. As thou knowest not what is the way of the wind, [nor] how the bones [do grow] in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the work of God who doeth all." — Ecclesiastes 11:4-5 (ASV)

There are great mysteries which we can never comprehend. God alone knows how the soul comes into the body, or even how the body is fashioned. This must remain with him. We do not know how sinners are regenerated. We do not know how the Spirit of God works upon the mind of man, and transforms the sinner into a saint. We do not know.

There are some who know too much already. I have not half the desire to know that I have to believe and to love. Oh, that we loved God more, and trusted God more! We might then get to heaven if we knew even less than we do.