The first eight verses are perhaps the most well known section of Ecclesiastes, "a time for everything". Everything has a time. All sorts of things happen. We would like to be in control of the times, we would like to "make the weather". Now there are times when we can make very significant decisions or take vital actions, but this happens when we are working together with God. There are some times we wish would last forever, and there are times we wish would never happen. But all sorts of things do happen and part of the key to life is to recognise what time we are in and what God is doing. Everyone is born at some point, and all of us will die one day.
Sometimes we find that one method or one strategy works really well, then we decide that is the best strategy all of the time. This is usually a serious mistake. Sometimes we should tear down, sometimes we should build up. Sometimes we should press on, refusing to give up, other times to do so is simply folly, refusing to accept reality. To put it more in a church and particularly charismatic context, sometimes we should believe that something will happen, not being swayed by the apparent circumstances. Sometimes this is a true act of faith and trust in God, but at other times it is living in fantasy and will do only harm. We need to keep in touch with God, living out of a relationship with Him.
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