Question 89: Please give the meaning of Ecclesiastes 11:2. E. M. S.
Answer: Ecclesiastes is wisdom under the sun. Ecclesiastes 11:1-6 evidently looks at and exhorts us to use opportunities without regard to opposing elements. “Casting the bread on the waters,” “Giving the portion” and “Sowing the seed” as opportunity affords, leaving results with God.
This suggests for us service to the Lord, sharing with others what we enjoy; giving a portion to all we can reach; sowing the seed evening and morning, as we find opportunity. May our walk and ways, as well as our words, be “holding forth the word of life” (2 Thess. 2:17).