No Matter How That Looks Today

 

In the morning sow your seed,

and at evening 

   withhold not your hand,

for you do not know

which will prosper,

        this or that,

or whether both alike

   will be good.

         Ecclesiastes 11. 6

When we go forth into this day,

when we are faithful to God

  in whatever He places

  on our hearts or in our hands,

we cannot foresee

      how God will use it.

We have but to be faithful

        to God and

    serve Him through it.

There is nothing random or mundane,

only that which is eternal.

May we respond to what

  He has for us to do

                and to be

  and get to it.

We can ask God 

        not just for the ability

  but for the courage

  to be faithful.

We cannot foresee

              what bears fruit.

   But He does.

No honest or faithful work

        is ever wasted,

nor kindness or grace.

O LORD,

Remind us that when we are faithful,

nothing can ever remain the same,

even if we don't see

   the difference at once.

Because faithfulness to You

  infiltrates not only circumstances,

       but changes our hearts,

our actions, words,

  responses and attitudes.

Help us to know

   that You bring the fruit

in the fullness of time.

And that every faithful act,

  this or that, 

       or both alike,

seemingly small

       or beyond our vision,

is always profound

            in Your Kingdom.