Cast Your Bread Upon the Waters

Make wise decisions in the present and it will pay off in the future. This is the basic point of the archaic sayings expressed in this passage. "Divide your portion" indicates a need to "diversify your portfolio" or said more simply, "don't put all your eggs in one basket" because you don't know what misfortune may come tomorrow. Though God controls the future, we do not know what His specific plan for our life is.