"Cast thy bread upon the waters:
for you will find it after many days." Ecclesiastes 11:1
We must
not expect to see an immediate reward for all the good we do; nor must we always
confine our efforts to places and persons which seem likely to yield us a
recompense for our labors. The Egyptian casts his seed upon the waters of the
Nile, where it might seem a sheer waste of corn. But in due time the flood
subsides, the rice or other grain sinks into the fertile mud, and rapidly a
harvest is produced. Let us today do good to the unthankful and the evil. Let
us teach the careless and the obstinate. Unlikely waters may cover hopeful soil.
Nowhere shall our labor be in vain in the Lord.
It is
ours to cast our bread upon the waters; it remains with God to fulfill the
promise, "Thou shalt find it." He will not let His promise fail. His
good word which we have spoken shall live, shall be found, shall be found by
us. Perhaps not just yet, but some day we shall reap what we have sown. We must
exercise our patience; for perhaps the Lord may exercise it. "After many
days," says the Scripture, and in many instances those days run into
months and years, and yet the Word stands true. God's promise will keep; let us
mind that we keep the precept, and keep it this day.
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