Follow the further admonition: “Remember, now, your Grand Creator in the days of your young manhood.”​—Ecclesiastes 12:1.

9. What benefits will you enjoy by remembering Jehovah in your youth?

⁹ By remembering Jehovah in your youth, you really will benefit yourself. Not only will you avoid vexation and calamitous difficulties but you will enjoy right now a happy, rewarding life in serving your Grand Creator. In addition, you will wisely be storing up treasures in heaven that will benefit you for all eternity. (Matthew 6:19-21) If you remember Jehovah now by doing his will, he will remember you and reward you with “the requests of your heart,” yes, a happy, full life in Paradise forever!​—Psalm 37:4; 133:3; Luke 23:43; Revelation 21:3, 4.

Remember your Creator “before the calamitous days” of old age “proceed to come,” when the body weakens and its organs break down and fail to function properly. How sad it is for a person who has failed to remember his Creator in his youth and so in old age has nothing to recommend himself to God! It is “the greatest vanity!” (Ecclesiastes 12:1-8) Wisely, therefore, remember your Creator while you have strength and vigor. Build a record of faithful service to God, who will remember you with a favorable judgment, yes, to everlasting life.​—Hebrews 6:10-12; Ecclesiastes 12:13, 14.