Episode Details

What are you putting off?

Today’s verse is Ecclesiastes 9:10.

Episode Summary

Ecclesiastes 9:10 is often quoted as a motivational verse: “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might.” But Solomon does not stop there. The second half of the verse gives the command its weight: our earthly opportunities are limited.

In this episode, Steve Webb reflects on a personal moment during a trip to Arches National Park that brought the reality of mortality close to home. That experience became a doorway into Solomon’s reminder that life is brief, today is a gift, and tomorrow is not guaranteed.

This is not a call to frantic busyness or workaholism. It is a call to faithful obedience. The question is not, “Am I doing enough?” The better question is, “Am I faithfully doing what God has placed before me today?”

Entities: Solomon, Ecclesiastes, Sheol, Jesus Christ, Paul, Colossians, 1 Corinthians, Arches National Park

Why this episode matters: Many of us delay obedience, reconciliation, service, generosity, or simple faithfulness because we assume there will always be more time. Ecclesiastes 9:10 reminds us that today’s opportunities belong to today.

Commentary Highlights

Solomon writes from the perspective of life “under the sun,” observing the realities of earthly life. Wealth, pleasure, work, wisdom, and achievement all have limits. Death eventually comes to everyone.

That truth is not meant to create despair. It is meant to wake us up.

“Whatever your hand finds to do” points to the ordinary responsibilities already in front of us: family, neighbors, work, ministry, encouragement, repentance, forgiveness, and daily obedience.

The call to do it “with all your might” is not about spinning our wheels. It is about wholehearted faithfulness. Because Christ is risen, our labor in Him is not wasted.

Verse of the Day

Ecclesiastes 9:10 (NASB1995) — “Whatever your hand finds to do, verily, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.”

Read it in context here: Ecclesiastes 9 (BibleGateway, NASB1995)

Episode Chapters

• 00:00 – What Are You Putting Off?
• 04:20 – Ecclesiastes 9:10
• 04:57 – Welcome to Verses We Missed
• 05:23 – Life Under the Sun
• 06:37 – The Verse Everyone Stops Reading
• 07:37 – Whatever Your Hand Finds to Do
• 10:09 – Sheol and Today’s Opportunities
• 11:01 – Intentional, Not Anxious
• 12:18 – Prayer
• 13:00 – Value for Value
• 15:52 – Closing

Value for Value

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