"Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days." Ecclesiastes 11:1
It is said that Ecclesiastes 11:1 may well be translated, "Cast your seed upon the waters." The thought is of a farmer in the land of Egypt who sowed his crop in the rich valleys of the Nile river. In the spring of the year the land was always flooded by the overflowing stream. When he scattered his seed upon these waters they were carried out over the field. When the liquid tide finally returned to the confines of the river, the seed settled down in the black loam that was left behind. Many days later a bountiful crop was reaped.
We too are sowers, and the Word of God is the precious Seed which we should be scattering (1 Peter 1:23).
It is said that Captain Fuchida, who led the attack on Pearl Harbor, was once full of personal hatred for all Americans. He has now, however, been led to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. What made him change from a destroyer of life to a Christian minister seeking now to rescue other lost souls? The story goes that a Japanese friend of his, who had been imprisoned in America, had been attended by a Christian nurse. When he found that her missionary parents had been beheaded by his people, he realized for the first time that the grace of Christ was something very real to make this young girl truly "love her enemies." By her earnest witness and the truths of the Gospel which she presneted to him, he was gloriously saved. Later this Japanese was to a great extent instrumental in helping to lead Captain Fuchida to Christ; yet it was the Christian nurse who made the fruitful harvest possible by slowing the original "good seed." She shall receive part of the rewards when the sheaves are counted.
What kind of seed are you sowing? "As you sow, so shall ye reap!"
"Bread For Each Day"
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