Ecclesiastes 11:6 (LSB) 6 Sow your seed in the morning and do not put your hands down in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening sowing will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good.
As we ended yesterday’s devotional, we had established that we must view our giving as a covenant between us and God; we sow out of love for God, not out of obligation or mechanical habit.
To live this way, we must trust that God will uphold His end of the covenant. And because He is God, and He cannot lie or vary (change His ways), there should be no doubt on our part that He will fail.
The question then becomes whether we will uphold our end or not. And that’s the biggest factor in this two-way covenant of sowing and reaping.
In Ecclesiastes 11:6, above, we are told that we should sow in the morning and the evening.
In other words, we sow at all times. We cannot be selective, choosing to sow only when there is abundance in our “barns”.
Let’s face it; it’s easy to give when no faith is required. It’s yet another thing to sow when things are lean, and famine is knocking hard on our door.
But it is these very times that will show us where our faith lies, and in whom we trust.
It is the poor widow giving her last two tiny coins in her temple offering (Luke 21:1–4).
It is the widow of Zarephath using her last measure of flour and oil to make a meal for the prophet Elijah based on his promise that God would sustain them through the famine if she would do so (1 Kings 17:8-16).
And it is us, trusting God to sustain us and carry us through the financial difficulties we may face as we obey Him and follow His instructions, continuing to sow despite what things may look like to our human logic.
This is not just a recurring Biblical theme from days of old. This is a spiritual principle; a truth that still stands today.
God is the same as He was 2,000, 3,000, or 4,000+ years ago. He has not changed.
Who will we believe?
Will we trust God, or will we surrender to human logic, trusting only what our minds can explain and comprehend?
God has given each of us seeds. Will we faithfully sow them?
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443
401-439-3780
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