“Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.” (Ecclesiastes 8:11)
The idea is that of a speedy trial and a speedy punishment. If every killer in America knew beforehand that, if caught he would be convicted and hung before the end of the month, the murder rate would be cut in half before the end of the week.
“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.” (Ecclesiastes 9:10)
Anything worth doing is worth doing with passion. There is no place for half-heartedness in the life of the Christian.
“Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.” (Ecclesiastes 10:20)
This where the expression “a little bird told me” comes from.
“Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all. In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.” (Ecclesiastes 11:1-6).
The ”bread” is the word of God Matthew 4:4 “But he answered and said,It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”, and the “waters” are the lost people of the world, Isaiah 57:20 “But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.” Revelation 17:15, “And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.” That’s the ministry of the word of God: sowing the seed by faith and not being deterred by circumstances. It might take years (“after many days”), but you will reap if you will sow.