OUR DAILY BREAD                    Sunday, January 22, 1995
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READ:  Ecclesiastes 11

                SOWING AND REAPING

    "Whatever a man sows, that he will also reap."

                         -- Galatians 6:7

The principle of sowing and reaping is often used to
warn about the inevitable consequences of evil deeds.
But it can also be used as an encouragement to believers
in their service for Christ.

A. B. Simpson said, "I believe the toils and prayers of
20 years ago are not lost.  We may not see the results
of our labor and sacrifice immediately, but in due time
they will issue into beauty and glory.

"The love you give, the forgiveness you show, and the
patience and forbearance that grace your life will
surely produce much fruit.  The friend you long to
bring to Christ may refuse to be reconciled to Him.
His heart may seem to be very hard, and your prayers
and efforts may appear to be lost; but they are not!
They will come back to you a hundredfold -- perhaps
long after you have forgotten them.

"Give God time!  The results are working themselves
out slowly but surely.  There must be seedtime and
summer before the autumn reaping."

This agrees with Solomon's words:  "Cast your bread
upon the waters, for you will find it after many
days"  (Eccl. 11:1).

Keep on sowing!  In His own time, and in His own way,
the Lord will send the harvest!

                               -- Richard W. De Haan

       Keep on working through the seasons
          In the sunshine and the rain;
       Earnest prayer and faithful sowing
         Yield a wealth of golden grain.


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          THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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   God promises no loaves to loafers.

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THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Exodus 21-24
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