Article: Give It All You’ve Got - Ecclesiastes 9:10
Give It All You’ve Got - Ecclesiastes 9:10
“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.”
- Ecclesiastes 9:10
There are a lot of things in life we can’t control — outcomes, timing, how others respond, or what doors open and close. But one thing that’s always in our hands is how we show up. This verse from Ecclesiastes is a call to give your full effort, no matter what the task. Whether it’s training in the gym, building your business, leading your family, or working a 9-to-5 — Scripture challenges us to approach every task with excellence.
This isn’t just about hustle or productivity. It’s about purpose. When you live with the awareness that your work is an offering to God, even the ordinary things become sacred. That workout becomes an act of discipline. That conversation becomes an opportunity to speak life. That small task done in secret becomes worship.
Solomon, the writer of Ecclesiastes, reminds us that life is short and unpredictable. We don’t know how many days we’ll have. So don’t wait to give your best “someday” — show up today with everything you’ve got. Excellence honors God. Laziness or passivity dishonors the gift of time He’s given you.
This verse doesn’t ask for perfection — it calls for effort. For heart. For might. And when we offer that up to the Lord, even in small things, He multiplies it for His glory.
Prayer:
Lord, thank You for the time, talent, and strength You’ve given me. Help me not to take it for granted. Teach me to approach every task—whether big or small—as an opportunity to glorify You. I don’t want to live halfway. I want to give You my full effort, my full heart, and my full obedience. May everything I do be done with intention and might. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
6 comments
I’m 63 years old I don’t drink or smoke and I eat right and I lift weights to the max. I was taking my wife to the hairdressers in October and developed a pain in my stomach. It ended up being terminal cancer in my liver and my esophagus.. Things are going better now, but on New Year’s Eve I was given three weeks to live because the tumor was aggressive and out of control. Please pray that the rapture happens soon or I overcome this for a reasonable amount of time to enjoy my grandchildren.
Michael Delaurentis
Prayers foe my son,Dustin. He is going thru big life changes. He needs Gods Pease and Gods direction!! New Christian friends and Christian mentor!!!
Thank you!
Mrs P Herrel
Praying for you and your family Jim. Please also pray for my 37 year old daughter A.R. Help her make wise choices. And Jesus please send her a Christian man.
Jesus Freak
Amen! 🙏 That was so good and so needed! Thank you Holstrength! 🙌🏼
Lifting you all up in prayer, Jim. Father God, I ask that You would surround Jim and his whole family with your love, peace and comfort in this time—your perfect peace that surpasses all understanding. Father, I ask that You would restore their hope and joy. And now Father, I ask for a miraculous healing over this precious baby, that he or she will come to full term—healthy and strong. In Jesus Name, I decree and declare that this precious baby will LIVE and not die and see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living! This baby will complete his or her God-given destiny in Jesus’s Name! I cancel all negative words given by doctors and anyone else that were spoken over this precious life in Jesus’s Name. I decree and declare life, wholeness, complete healing, restoration, blessing, and destiny over this baby in Jesus’s Name. And we thank You Lord for Your faithfulness and for doing all of this in Jesus’s mighty Name! Amen! 🙏 Be encouraged Jim, God is on your side! Be careful to speak life and blessing over your precious grandchild at every opportunity. God bless you and your family, and I’ll continue praying for you all.
Naomi
#Amen!!! #THANK YOU JESUS!!!
Josiah Daniel Naraidu
Say a prayer for my son and daughter in law. Their baby has been given a diagnosis of multiple malformations in the womb. Chance of survival outside mother is bear zero
Jim
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