He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. – Ecclesiastes 3:11
"The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. 'For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.' - Acts 17:24-28
“But they’re not going to listen to me!” How many times has this excuse kept you form sharing Christ with others? In this passage Paul is talking to people who are the complete opposite of the God-fearing Jews in the synagogue. Paul is confident that they’ll listen because although they’re different, they’re also human. God has put a longing within every person to seek God. Deep down everyone knows we’re made to be more than mere mortals. So even though people look and sound different, God knows what’s going on in their hearts. No matter whom you’re talking to, you can always bank on this: Although they may not look like it, they may never tell you, and they may not even understand it themselves, everyone you know has a longing for God.
How does this knowledge change how you interpret the reactions of those you share Christ with?
Spend some time thinking about how your non-Christian friends are actually seeking eternal things – whether they know it or not.
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