Ecclesiastes 11:3

"If the clouds are full, they pour out rain upon the earth; and whether. tree falls toward the south or toward the north, wherever the tree falls, there it lies."

Points To Note:

2 "speaks of. storm and means that it is inevitable that disasters sometimes will occur. 'If clouds are full' means that when the time for such. calamity comes, it cannot be avoided" (Garrett p. 338). 2. The idea also seems to be that the future is beyond our control as are the acts of God in nature. 3. "The two examples given here---the clouds which follow their own laws and times, not ours, and the fallen tree which has consulted no-one's convenience" (Kidner p. 97). 4. "When the evil day comes, we must bend to the blow, we are powerless to avert it, the future can be neither calculated nor controlled" (P.P. Comm. p. 276). "The laws of nature are fixed so that man should make use of the present opportunities for doing good, before some action of nature (which is unseen and unavoidable) cuts off the opportunity. Man may fret or even suffer over too much rain or too little, but he cannot control it" (Kidwell p. 265). Even in our present day of advanced technology, we are still completely helpless in face of adverse weather.