VANITY OF VANITIES
Ecclesiastes Chapter 11
“Cast
thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.” (Verse 1)
Almighty
Lord Jehovah God in the Highest Heavens, please send Thy Holy Spirit right
now into my spirit to teach me the fullness of the meaning of this verse.
Teach me what it means for me to cast my bread upon the waters. Does it mean to
be unselfish and to be generous, living for Almighty God and for other people,
as opposed to living for self? Does it mean for me to freely give fully
of my being, time, and resources to God and to other souls under the sun? Save
me from the vanity of living a selfish life under the sun. Save me from
the vanity of living to get all I can for my self to selfishly enjoy.
Please reveal unto me the fathomless rich blessedness of living
to give, give, and give. Teach me the deep joy of living for others, helping
everyone I can with their needs. Help me to have great compassion on
all other souls under the sun, and thus be ever so willing to help any
of them in any way I possibly can. Teach me the great joy of living to give.
Please make me into a generous soul. Please help me to wholly give my being
and all my possessions to Thee, Almighty Jehovah God. Help me to cast my
bread (all I am and all I possess) upon the waters, and to rest assured of Thy
promise that I will find it again after many days. Teach me the meaning of
finding it after many days. Reveal to me how that God will repay me what I
generously give away in God’s Name, and will also add rich blessings upon it.
Teach me to daily live to the fullest for God and for others, all the
while waiting patiently for those many days to be accomplished, when God
shall return unto me many fold, rich blessings and abundance. Convince me of
the Truth that Thou doest greatly bless the souls who give generously and
liberally in accordance to Thy Will. I pray these things for all other
souls under the sun. Help us all to truly be compassionate toward other
souls. Convince us all of just how vain and destructive it is to be
selfish.
“Blessed
are ye that sow beside all waters.” (Isaiah
32:20) Fairest Lord Jesus, right now please
fill me with all the fullness of Almighty God and cause me to sow
all that goodness beside all waters, spreading God’s Graciousness
and Goodness to every human soul now under the sun. I pray that Thou wouldest
do this for all other people also.
“Give
a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be
upon the earth.” (Verse 2)
Lord
God, please help me to always be listening for Thy Holy Spirit instructing me
to give certain portions to certain souls in need. Convince me that God in
Heaven will well repay me what I give to other souls, in God’s Holy Name.
Convince me that God on High will abundantly take care of me in the times when
I am needy, if only I am diligent to give liberally to other souls in the
time of their need. Please make me into a generous giver for The Lord Jesus
Christ’s Name’s Sake. Save me from the selfish sin and vanity of turning
a deaf ear to souls crying out in need. “Whoso
stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall
not be heard.” (Proverbs 21:13) Lord Jehovah God on High, please have mercy on me to save me from
the selfish, sinful vanity of stopping my ears at the cry of the poor and
refusing to help them. If I do that, God has warned me in this Scripture that
some day I will cry for help also, but will not be heard. Please help me to
take that warning to heart. I pray these things for all other souls
under the sun.
“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.” (Verse 3)
Heavenly
Father, please train me to gain wisdom by carefully observing certainties
that occur in Thy created nature. If there is further wisdom Thou hast
deemed that I glean from this glorious and simple verse of Thy Holy Scriptures,
then please send Thy Holy Spirit now to teach that wisdom to me. Convince me
that God’s Wisdom is pure and perfect, but also simple wisdom. Also,
God’s Wisdom is easy for us human souls to obtain if only we desire it.
Please give me a burning desire for God’s Wisdom. Save me from the vanity
of failing to recognize and failing to accept God’s Wisdom because it is simple
in nature. Teach me how that much of what we call “common sense” is
God’s Wisdom that Thou hast created within us. By God’s Holy Spirit,
please tune my heart to all the Divine Wisdom that God has already
created within my being. Save me from the vanity of rejecting or
shunning that Wisdom. Help me to live in accordance to that Wisdom. I pray
these things for all other human souls under the sun.
“He
that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall
not reap.” (Verse 4)
Almighty
Jehovah God on High, please help me to fully trust in Thee for the
purpose of Thee fortifying me with Godly boldness and courage. Save me from the
vanity of fearfully holding back from my daily tasks and labour because
I worry about what the results will be. Please give me a mind to work diligently.
Please fill me with Godly Wisdom for the purpose of guiding me in my routine
daily labour under the sun. Save me from the folly of charging into any
endeavor that is against Thy Will for me to do. But also please save me from
the vanity of a timid, worrisome spirit that would hold me back from vigorously
launching into any endeavor that is in accordance to Thy Will for me, no matter
how difficult that task may appear to my natural eye and mind. Convince me
that with Almighty God, all things are possible. Help me to always do
everything that I do, as unto the Lord Jesus Christ, while firmly believing
that all things are possible with God. Please give me strong, unshakable
faith in my Creator God.
Almighty
Lord Jehovah, please convince me that Thou doest delight for me to come to Thee
in prayer. Convince me that Thou art just as attentive to my prayers as Thou
art to the prayers of any other soul under the sun. Lead me to pray in
accordance to Thy Divine Will, and teach me what to pray to glorify God the
most and to benefit and help me the most. I pray these things for all
other souls under the sun also. Please help us all to fully know
our Lord God and thus now do great exploits here under the sun, for Thy
Great Glory.
“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.” (Verse 5)
Lord
Jesus Christ, I confess that Thou art Almighty God Who hast made all
things that are made. Please teach me all Thou wouldest have me to know
regarding Thee and Thy Great Creation. Please create within me a burning desire
to know Thee to the fullest limit Thou hast ordained for me during my
life under the sun. Then save me from the vanity of meddling where I
should not, having a selfish, nosey desire to know anything and everything.
Convince me that it is Thy Will to keep secret from me, many things during my
life under the sun. Please help me to fully commit myself to Thee, My
Faithful, Almighty Creator God, and to be most content to learn, know, live,
and obey the things Thou desirest to teach me. I marvel at God’s miraculous
creation, how that Thou art able to make the bones of a baby to grow inside the
mother’s womb. This glorious universe is full of such God-wrought miracles. As
I behold them in great awe, please cause me to humbly worship and praise Thee
from my heart for all Thy Miraculous Works. Please help me to fully
yield myself to Thee, for the purpose of Thee re-making me into a most
glorious, marvelous, and victorious person. I pray these things for all
other human souls under the sun.
“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.” (Verse 6)
Heavenly
Father, please help me to daily rise early and diligently do my day’s labour
under the sun, and do it all for God’s Glory. Also help me to always
trust in Thee to bless my work, make it prosper, and produce a miraculous
“increase” that will abundantly provide the earthly needs of my family and
me. And please help me to always be most mindful to thank Thee for blessing my
labours and to give Thee Glory for all I accomplish, gain, and receive
under the sun. Help me to always generously give of my abundance to the
poor. I also pray these things for all other souls under the sun.
“Truly
the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:”
(Verse 7)
Lord
Jesus Christ, I confess that Thou art the Light of the world. Please shine Thy
Glorious Light into my heart and life, and by Thy Light, teach me and guide me
in the way I should go. Help me to come to a full knowledge of just how sweet
it is to always walk in the Light of the Lord Jesus Christ during my life under
the sun. Help me to daily live in the Spirit and walk in the Spirit, and thus
to know what a pleasant thing it is for my eyes to behold Thy Heavenly
Sunshine. Save me from the vanity and destructiveness of walking in
spiritual darkness. I pray these things for all other souls under the
sun. I also pray for all the souls now under the sun who are physically
blind, unable to behold sunlight and see what is around them. Please comfort
them, give them extra grace to sustain them in a life of constant physical
darkness. Please protect them from harm and danger as they move about, not
being able to see what is around them.
“But
if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the
days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.” (Verse 8)
Almighty
Lord Jehovah God in Heaven, I acknowledge Thou art the One and Only True and
Living God, Creator of all things, Who hast created me and given me
life. Please convince me of the certainty of that. Please convince me
that my life is in Thy Hands and that Thou doest always have complete control
over me. Convince me that it is impossible for me to run and hide from Almighty
God, or escape from Thee in any fashion at all. Please help me to live for Thee
all the days of my short life under the sun. Please help me to rejoice
in the abundance of things Thou givest to me during my life on earth, and to
constantly thank Thee for all my many blessings, knowing that every good
thing comes from God Above. Help me to honestly face the reality that there
will be many days of darkness (gloom) during this life under the sun, and to
always trust in Thee in such hard times. Guide me to walk in Thy Glorious Light
during such times. Convince me that it is vain for people to live only
for this life under the sun, and please save me from the vanity of
living for this life only. Please help me to firmly trust in the Lord
Jesus Christ as my Eternal Life and my Eternal Light. Please help me to set my
affections on Heavenly things and not on things of this world and earth. I pray
these things for all other human souls now under the sun.
“Rejoice,
O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy
youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but
know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.” (Verse 9)
Almighty
Lord God in Heaven, I desire to daily rejoice with the True Joy that is
the Divine Fruit of God’s Holy Spirit. Help me to right now yield
my entire being fully and completely to Thee, my Creator
God, and to trust in The Lord Jesus Christ as my own personal Saviour for the purpose
of Thy Holy Spirit coming into my spirit to dwell within me, and to fill me mightily
with Almighty God’s Perfect Joy. May all my rejoicing during my few days
under the sun be a result of the Joy of God abiding within me. Please make all
my joy, happiness, and cheer to be pleasing to God in Heaven. Please lead me in
paths of righteousness for Thy Great Name’s Sake, and cause me to always
walk in ways that are pleasing to my Creator God. Please give me clear
spiritual vision to see the way in which I should walk before Almighty God in
Heaven. Please keep me ever so mindful that soon Thou wilt bring me into
judgment for all the things I do in this life under the sun. Help me to
live in total obedience to Thee, so as to be prepared for Almighty God’s
Judgment that I will certainly soon face. I pray these things for
all other souls under the sun.
“Therefore
remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood
and youth are vanity.” (Verse 10)
Lord God on High, in accordance to Thy Divine and Glorious Will for my life, please remove sorrow from my heart and please enable me also to properly remove sorrow from my own heart. Please remove evil from my flesh and enable me to do the same thing. Please send Thy Holy Spirit most powerfully upon me to teach me everything I should know about the vanity of childhood and youth, and please save me from all such vanity. Help me to properly teach and warn children and young people in regard to vanity. I pray these things for all other souls under the sun also.
O Almighty Lord Jehovah God in Heaven, how all
of us souls now under the sun need a Powerful Visitation from on High. This old
world is perishing around us. Please let us hear the Thunder of Thy Great
Power, telling us what to do. Please make me into a most useful vessel of
Thine. Please make me into a person who will point many suffering souls to the
Saviour of the world, The Lord Jesus Christ. I want to know the greatest life of
service to my Creator God that I can possibly know. Thank Thee, most kind and
gracious Heavenly Father, for hearing and answering these prayers of mine. I
love Thee, Lord Jesus. Please perfect Thy Perfect Love in my heart and help me
to broadcast God’s Precious Love to everyone around me. I ask all these
things for The Precious Lord Jesus Christ’s Name’s Sake. Amen.
(This is the end of Chapter 11 of VANITY OF
VANITIES)