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NASB | Ecclesiastes 11:6 ¶ 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. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ecclesiastes 11:6 ¶ Sow your seed in the morning and do not be idle with your hands in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening planting will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both alike will be good. |
Subject: Are you quite sure about that? |
Bible Note: [Do you think that seeking that type of relationship would help us to more clearly discern the will of God? Is it that we need to have a closer walk with him?] I thank you for your kind remarks and yes to your question because it is the will of God that you become. He wants genuine sons and daughters to share His kingdom and not a bunch kids who need to be bottle fed ...continually. Have ever heard of Oswald Chambers? He's the author of "My Utmost for His Highest", the most popular daily devotional read today? Here's an excerpt: http://www.myutmost.org/index.html AFTER OBEDIENCE - WHAT? And straightway He constrained His disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side. . . ." Mark 6:45-52 We are apt to imagine that if Jesus Christ constrains us, and we obey Him, He will lead us to great success. We must never put our dreams of success as God's purpose for us; His purpose may be exactly the opposite. We have an idea that God is leading us to a particular end, a desired goal; He is not. The question of getting to a particular end is a mere incident. What we call the process, God calls the end. What is my dream of God's purpose? His purpose is that I depend on Him and on His power now. If I can stay in the middle of the turmoil calm and unperplexed, that is the end of the purpose of God. God is not working towards a particular finish; His end is the process - that I see Him walking on the waves, no shore in sight, no success, no goal, just the absolute certainty that it is all right because I see Him walking on the sea. It is the process, not the end, which is glorifying to God. God's training is for now, not presently. His purpose is for this minute, not for something in the future. We have nothing to do with the afterwards of obedience; we get wrong when we think of the afterwards. What men call training and preparation, God calls the end. God's end is to enable me to see that He can walk on the chaos of my life just now. If we have a further end in view, we do not pay sufficient attention to the immediate present: if we realize that obedience is the end, then each moment as it comes is precious. Hope this helps. |