The uncertainty of life

“When clouds are heavy, the rains come down. 

Whether a tree falls north or south, it stays where it falls. 


Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant. 

If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.”

‭‭Ecc 11:3-4


Like the cloud that's filled with water, they do not hoard it up or keep it to themselves, but plentifully pour it for the refreshment on both the fruitful field and of the barren wilderness.


A tree that falls, either by the violence of the wind or being cut down by its owner's order, it would not matter whether it falls southward or northward, for there it lies ready for the master's use. So is our kind deeds towards people, we are not certain whether the person really need or is worthy of our charity. It may possibly be misapplied or even abused by the receiver. However, what is being conscientiously given by you, it shall assuredly return to you, and you shall reap the fruit of it. The tree stays where it falls, ready to be used by the master. 


If we magnify every little difficulty, objections and hardships, we shall never go on, much less go through with our work, likewise the farmer who wait for the perfect weather will never plant nor harvest. 


It is my natural inclination to worry, and assume burdens never intended for me, to give way to discouragement and even fear.

When Elisha's servant went out early in the morning, he saw a force with horses and chariots surrounding the city.  He said, "which way are we to turn?". Elisha answered, "Do not be afraid, for those who are on our side are more than those on theirs." Elisha then prayed, asking the Lord to open his servant's eyes, and the servant saw the hills covered with horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. 


For every visible reason for terror, there was an invisible and immensely more powerful reason for trust. 


Trust me. Never mind the answers to the Whys, those are mine. Trust Me. 


Sow seeds in the soil of uncertainty, for we know the crop we reap are those sow by faith. 

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