Wise Stewardship
1 Cast your bread upon the waters, For you will find it after many days. 2 Give a serving to seven, and also to eight, For you do not know what evil will be on the earth.
Ecclesiastes 11:1-2
This week we continue looking at wisdom for the day. How can we live among the vagaries and vanities of life? Let’s explore.
The preacher’s teaching instructs us to be wise stewards of our resources. His theme in these verses is investing for the future. We are called to prepare for the future and be wise in how we lay aside present and future provision realizing that God is the source of all that we have been given.
Verse 2 addresses reducing risk through investment diversification. This advice is wise in monetary investing. This principle can also be relevant in relationships and various other aspects of life. Let us invest in a wide variety of people so that we will have the friends we need when we need them.
In Verse 6, Solomon echoes this theme of wise stewardship. The verse reads “In the morning sow your seed, And in the evening do not withhold your hand; For you do not know which will prosper, Either this or that.” Once again, diversity of investments is wise and provides a hedge against failed crops and failed speculations. Investing in relationships, however, brings a far greater reward.
Tony French
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