The Race is not to the Swift

The verses that I have just read to us should cause us to understand that living the Christian life is not simply a matter of determined diligence. It is living your life unto God. The work that you do is included in this, as we looked at last time. But Solomon saw something of great spiritual value here, which you and I need to recognize as well. It is this; that although God is not directly mentioned in this verse, He controls the outcome of everything that is of importance to any man; even the race that he or she is running for Him. For our verse 11 says, "But time and chance happen to them all." This is what we want to look at, at this time. 1st of all – We want to see that there is no such thing as "chance" with God. 2nd – We want to see that fleshly strengths and skills do not guarantee the outcome of the race that we are running. And 3rd – We will think about the truth that man does not know his time. May these things that we speak of, cause our faith in God to increase and be strengthened to run the race which is set before us.