Interestingly after Solomon admonishing us to work with all our might, he goes ahead to burst our bubbles, he gives a clear impression in vs 11 that effort matters but you don't control everything. The reality is that the best person wins but thats not always the case and things dont always turns out that way under the sun. The sinful world has its own dynamics. He distinquishes 5 instances where the obvious is not always the case. How fast people dont always win the race. We ve had best atheletes gets disqualified for false stars, get injured or even trip during a race. The battle not for the strong, strong armies still lose. In this World Cup we have had strong teams get eliminated but weaker opponents. Bread to the wise clearlt depicts that wise people can still go broke or hungry inspite of their wisdom(Proverbs 11:4) Riches to the intelligent, making wealth goes beyond intelligence. One can be smart and still miss out on great opportunities Lastly he speaks about favout to men of ability which is very evident in our days now where appointments into certain key areas are not even done based on merit..alot of talented people get overlooked on the daily. But to all these 5 groups, Solomon says but time and chance happens to them all. The hebrew uses the word paga which means to happen, to meet, to encounter Time is the seasons we have no control especially in our today's world we have global warming, climate change which is affecting how things used to be Chance also depicts unforseen circumstances or unexpected events like we recently experienced flood. Someone as wise or skilled could lose everything to the floods and his wisdom or intelligence will mean nothing. Solomon is making us to understand that in a broken world like ours outcomes arent 100% in our hands. So he gives us two contexts to deal with in vs 10 and v11 In vs 10 he tells us to work with all our might, we take responsibility But goes on in v11 to tell us thag we can work so hard but results arent guaranteed, thats God's soverignty. Thats balance likened to Phil 2:12;13 It is very important we dont fall into the trap of fatalism by asking ourselves why even try when its all chances anyway..instead we can approach the vs with an act of faith that we work with all our might because God is working through time for our good. We are not in full control but interestingly, we know the one who is and thats God. He has already been to our tomorrow so we need to do our part by working with all our might, run the race, fight and be rest assured He will grant us victory.