When you become despondent, it is because you have lost fellowship with Christ and are no longer tapping the limitless resources of God. Discouragement is the opposite of faith. Faith believes that God can do all He says. Discouragement accepts the circumstances and environment, in spite of what God says. There are times when everything looks dark to us.
Adversity comes and our hearts become heavy.
In chapter 11 Solomon plants some good advice among all his words of discouragement. Giving our all to God is essential to Christian growth. Absolute surrender and abandonment to the will of God always brings the blessings of heaven. After 11 chapters of frustration, Solomon finally arrives at the ultimate for successful living. Having explored everything this world has to offer, he ultimately discovers that the life of man is designed for the pleasure of God.