Sermon
God Sets the Times
Stonebrook Community Church
Speaker: Brad Barrett
September 21, 2025 · 36 min
Summary
Ecclesiastes 3 reveals that God sovereignly orchestrates the seasons and activities of life, from birth to death. Though human understanding is limited, recognizing God's eternal power and control should inspire awe, trust, and humility in our planning rather than anxiety about an uncertain future.
Highlights
God is not our cosmic buddy with whom we give the bro handshake and hug. He is our holy, eternal, glorious creator God who rules over all things and sets the times and the seasons for this world.
From a heavenly, godly, eternal perspective, you are utterly, overwhelmingly wrong if you think your life is just random chance. God had a plan for you to be born when you were, to be here on this planet in this century.
Don't use a sharpie in your plans, use a pencil with humility. You don't know the future. God has appointed times.