If you are more concerned about the conditions around you-the winds blowing or not blowing, the rain coming or not coming-you will likely worry more about the circumstances than in your faith that God will produce the harvest. In the morning sow your seed, And in the evening do not withhold your hand For you do not know which will prosper, Either this or that, Or whether both alike will be good. As you do not know what is 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. He who observes the wind will not sow, And he who regards the clouds will not reap. In the passage that follows th e admonition to “cast your bread upon the water,” we see the wisdom of the ages understandably passed to us: Giving toward the Gospel puts you in a safe place physically and financially! Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever” (Psalm 112:2-3). “His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. The righteous, the givers, are promised protection: The apostle Paul said, “That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come” (1 Timothy 6:18-19, KJV).Įvery time you sow seed toward the Gospel, it’s as if God places another stone on the hedge around you! As a giver toward the spread of the Good News of Jesus Christ, we have legal rights and protection provided by God Himself. We protect our tomorrows by being a lover of the Gospel today. Let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. He who sows righteousness will have a sure reward. The Word of God points to this truth many times, including these verses: In this passage from Ecclesiastes, however, we are being told to build a hedge of protection by casting our bread upon the waters.Ĭasting your bread (sowing your seed) upon water might seem to be an exercise in futility, but even though you may not know what the actual results will be when you are generous, you can expect a future return.
The psalmist David spoke of an impenetrable hedge when he wrote, “The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer my God, my strength, in whom I will trust” (Psalm 18:2). In Bible times, people used stones to build hedges for protection and blessing.
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