Cast Your Bread: How to Invest Today With Hope
This is a follow-up to something we did two and a half weeks ago, I think, an episode titled Eternity and Today. In that episode, we focused heavily on how important it is for you to think about eternity all the time, but stay focused…
Begin with what is true
This is a follow-up to something we did two and a half weeks ago, I think, an episode titled Eternity and Today. In that episode, we focused heavily on how important it is for you to think about eternity all the time, but stay focused on what you're going to do today to strive for it.
There is very little benefit in dwelling on what happened before today, and there are diminished returns in putting all of your energy into what hasn't even come yet.
See God more clearly
Thirdly, then, in verse six, he said, Sow your seed in the morning, and do not be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening sowing will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good. So he's saying, Don't just cast your bread out on the waters and spread it around, but get out there and work it.
Work it in the morning, put on your rubber boots, walk out in that three inches of water, and start working that soil to help that seed settle in.
Let faith shape the response
Every day has a lot of question marks, but I'm still excited about it, because the only way to waste today for sure is to do nothing. Nothing special, nothing new, nothing life-changing.
So three things to think about here that connect to cast your bread, divide your portion, and do not be idle.
Live it today
But I know what today feels like when I'm trying something important, when I'm doing something godly, when I'm trusting in him. so I hope you're enjoying this walkthrough Ecclesiastes 11, because there's a little bit more that I want to add to it.
If you listen to this episode up to this point and you say, He's right, I need to quit worrying about everything and just do what's right.
Take the idea with you.
- 01Where does the central idea of “Cast Your Bread: How to Invest Today With Hope” show up most clearly in my life right now?
- 02What does this episode call me to believe, stop, start, or handle differently?
- 03What is one specific action I can take today instead of merely agreeing with the idea?
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This article was adapted from Episode 64 · Cast Your Bread. Continue with the podcast for the original teaching in Kris’s voice.
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