The
watchman has to deal with a number of important sales of assets and
investment decisions lately. He asked the Holy Spirit for guidance. So
this morning at 12.01am he was woken and led to read the following
passage and again the whole book of Ecclesiastes with freshness.
amazing. The richest man ever gave his personal advice in reply to his
humble request.
Ecclesiastes 11:1-6
New Living Translation (NLT)Ecclesiastes 11
The Uncertainties of Life
1 Send your grain across the seas,and in time, profits will flow back to you.[a]
2 But divide your investments among many places,[b]
for you do not know what risks might lie ahead.
3 When clouds are heavy, the rains come down.
Whether a tree falls north or south, it stays where it falls.
4 Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant.
If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.
5 Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother’s womb,[c] so you cannot understand the activity of God, who does all things.
6 Plant your seed in the morning and keep busy all afternoon, for you don’t know if profit will come from one activity or another—or maybe both.
Footnotes:
- Ecclesiastes 11:1 Or Give generously, / for your gifts will return to you later. Hebrew reads Throw your bread on the waters, / for after many days you will find it again.
- Ecclesiastes 11:2 Hebrew among seven or even eight.
- Ecclesiastes 11:5 Some manuscripts read Just as you cannot understand how breath comes to a tiny baby in its mother’s womb.
