What the Bible says about Cast your Bread upon the Water
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Ecclesiastes 11:1 Here is a call to faith. Solomon advises us that the use of faith will always contain an element of risk of loss because we do not know the end from the beginning. We can only vaguely conceive the future. We have a desire for eternity within us. We wish to have insight into how our present situations will be resolved, but we do not know the complete answer. Therefore, Solomon says it will never work out right unless we decisively commit ourselves to live by faith: "Cast your bread upon the water." Cast your lot with God; take the risk. If we do this, it will demand commitment in the same way a businessman must commit to his investment if he wants to make a profit. What if a businessman commits his capital to some investment and fails to ensure the business makes a profit by devoting his time and energies to it's success? The endeavor will fail. John W. Ritenbaugh Ecclesiastes and the Feast of Tabernacles (Part 2) Related Topics: Cast your Bread upon the Water | Commitment | Desire for Eternity | Faith | Faith and Risk | Living by Faith | Vision of Future

Jeremiah 39:17-18 God recognizes that Ebed-Melech is no superman, but like everyone, is fearful in the face of mortality. He overcomes his fear, subordinating it to his conviction that Jeremiah is God's spokesman. It is his trust in God that empowers him to show mercy by speaking up for—and then by acting on behalf of—Jeremiah. God, who "shows no partiality" (Acts 10:34; Romans 2:11), answers in kind, characteristically granting mercy to the merciful, more specifically in this instance, granting mercy to him who "receives a prophet in the name of a prophet." Christ makes it plain that God is resolute in His promise of reciprocity (Matthew 10:41-42). Using a different image, Solomon says the same: "Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days" (Ecclesiastes 11:1). God is adamant: What goes around, comes around. Charles Whitaker Servant of God, Act One: Going Around, Coming Around Related Topics: Cast your Bread upon the Water | Ebed-Melech | God Shows no Partiality | Going Around, Coming Around | Jeremiah | Law of Reciprocity | Reciprocity Principle | What Goes Around Comes Around

 

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