Submission to God's Providence

Kohelet, the main character of Ecclesiastes, offers some more examples of the futility of the default life of godlessness. He also reminds us that man cannot argue with the purposes of God in his providential rule over his creation. A man's circumstance is a result of the inscrutable will of God, and this predestination extends even to election; God will love and save whoever he wants. Paradoxically, the disciple of Jesus Christ is commanded to obey him. In the mystery of God, we get to affect an unfolding of history which is already set in stone.