Give It Time!

Enjoying the Journey

Scott Pauley

Religion & Spirituality, Education

5 • 725 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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(Ecclesiastes 8:9-13) Our culture is enamored with immediate gratification, yet the work of the Lord is not always instantaneous. God always prevails, but the victory does not happen overnight. Be sure that He will bring truth to light eventually! (09184250731) Keep Studying Whether you're a new believer or have walked with the Lord for years, you'll find thousands of free devotionals, Bible studies, audio series, and Scripture tools designed to strengthen your faith, deepen your understanding of the Bible, and help you stay rooted in the Word of God. 👉 Take the next step on your journey with Jesus —start today at EnjoyingTheJourney.org.Extend the Work Enjoying the Journey provides thousands of Bible studies and resources for free worldwide. If you would like to help extend this Bible teaching, you may give at enjoyingthejourney.org/donations/ Thank You! All new and returning donors will receive FREE access to two of Scott's audiobooks (read by him). You may make a one-time gift or set up a fully customizable recurring donation.

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0:00.0	Solomon closes the book of Ecclesiastes with these words. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter.
0:15.1	Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.
0:24.0	Each of us have been given only one life.
0:31.2	What will we do with it? Life. It's not a game. And in this journey through the book of Ecclesiastes, Scott Pauley will guide us to better understand the true meaning of life.
0:39.2	One of my mentors used to say that you can't put a 40-year-old head on a 14-year-old body.
0:45.8	It was his way of saying, you've got to live a little while to learn some things.
0:50.8	Well, I've lived a little while now, and I understand exactly what he was talking about.
0:55.3	There are some things that you don't get through education, you get through experience. There's some
1:00.6	things you just have to, can I use an old adage, take your knocks. You have to deal with the
1:07.9	realities of life to come to understand.
1:12.3	And one of the things that I have come to realize, I heard it as a boy, but now at this
1:17.7	stage of my life, I'm starting to see it with my own eyes.
1:21.4	And it is this, give it time.
1:24.4	Give it time.
1:26.1	Somebody said that time changes everything. I'm not certain about that, but I do know one thing. When you give it time in the end, things come out. Someone said that no lie can live forever. That's true. It's also true that truth always comes out in the end. Just give it time.
1:45.1	Do you remember early in the book of Ecclesiastes to everything?
1:48.2	There is a time.
1:50.2	There is a time.
1:51.4	And that time is not always speedy, but it is sure.
1:55.2	We want things to get done and fixed and straightened out and made right immediately.
2:01.8	But remember, the everlasting God is never early and never late.
2:08.0	God is not in a rush like we are.
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