Ecclesiastes 11:1-6
1 Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it after many days. 2 Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth. 3 If the clouds are full, they pour out rain upon the earth; and whether a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, wherever the tree falls, there it lies. 4 He who watches the wind will not sow and he who looks at the clouds will not reap. 5 Just as you do not know the path of the wind and how bones are formed in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things.
6 Sow your seed in the morning and do not be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening sowing will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good.
The great thing about God is that he will make our obedience fruitful. When we obey for God’s glory, God will be glorified. We are to be wise stewards of the money, talents, and time God has entrusted to us. This does not mean that we wait for the perfect opportunity to invest what God has given to us in some form of ministry. It means that we are to invest in good ministries when they come. It is easy to fall into the trap of looking at your skills and background and think I really need to serve in the high school ministry, when the nursery needs someone to change diapers. Or, to fall into the trap of waiting for that perfect time to witness to someone when little seeds can be planted in her heart now.
Take advantage of every opportunity God grants you to spread the seed of Christ’s kingdom.
Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®,
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