CAST YOUR BREAD UPON THE WATERS

"Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days. Give a serving to seven, and also to eight, for you do not know what evil will be on the earth." Eccl. 11:1-2

Cast a wide net without exercising too much caution. Our prosperity, whether it is spiritual, natural, or financial, is not just for our own personal gain, but is meant to benefit others. In God's economy, it can be (and should be) multiple others that reap the blessings of our individual investments. Furthermore, as the enemy may shut down one avenue, we will be able to continue without skipping a beat because of diversified fields of godly interest and opportunity in progress. In other words, all our eggs are not in one basket except the Lord's, of course! Ecclesiastes 11 continues...

"If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth, and if a tree falls to the south or the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall lie. He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap. As you do not know the way of the wind, or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child, so you do not know the works of God who makes everything. In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand; for you do not know which will prosper (be right, fitting, proper), either this or that, or whether both alike will be good." Eccl 11:3-6

As we view our opportunities and personal ventures, there are certain inevitabilities that by common sense and wisdom we know will likely happen. But again, too much caution, a straining or waiting until "Jupiter aligns with Mars" can allow divine opportunities to be missed. Notice that word "divine." This is where we must know the voice and leading of God. The tug and leap within our spirit can be God encouraging us to a risk of faith, to find Him within a hidden work just waiting to be revealed. Sowing "in the morning and in the evening" also speaks of our youth and old age – neither can be criteria to withhold. He desires our heart of adventure to never fail or falter.

"Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out freely the feet of the ox and the donkey." - Isaiah 32:20

We are not always the ones to do the actual labor in our divine involvements. At times, we are to send others out to do the work – to put their feet to the ground. It's not always about us. But, will we graciously send others out with the same gusto as we would go ourselves? Could our willingness to send others possibly be connected to our own release?

  - Elese