Trust What God Is Doing | Ecclesiastes 7

Main message: God sovereignly allows both good days and bad days, so in prosperity enjoy and in adversity reflect and trust that God is working — even when the outcome doesn't match your expectations. Trust is an active choice that shapes your response and builds character.

Key points:

• The text focus is Ecclesiastes 7:14: “In the day of prosperity be joyful; in the day of adversity consider; God has made the one as well as the other.”
• Enjoy and “squeeze” life from good days, because they won’t last forever.
• In hard seasons, practice gratitude and reflection to change your posture and remember God’s faithfulness.
• Difficulties (like crises or suffering) build character and resilience — they can teach lessons you wouldn’t learn on an easy path.
• Personal illustrations: opposition before marriage taught discernment about people’s motives; a daughter’s illness led to discovery of an autoimmune condition; a brother’s mental illness and death forced a deeper trust and redefinition of what “good” from God can look like.
• Trusting God is a practical action, not just a statement of belief.

Scriptures mentioned: Ecclesiastes 7:14