We can’t see our future but we can secure it. We can also ensure that our future is better than our past. Life should go forwards; there should be growth, progress and increase. There is nothing worse than a life going backwards, so that we should look back and long for the ‘good old days’. You can secure your future by sowing the right seeds in the present. This is wisdom: it is to live in the present in such a way that benefits the future. Too often we strive for immediate gratification or relief in the present and thereby forfeit a wonderful future. If you live wisely now, not only will you reap the benefits in the future, but the seed you sow will benefit many others for generations to come. Small seeds of love and faithfulness grow into great things. In everything you do ask yourself, what seed am I sowing into the future? The right seed for a harvest of joy in the future is the seed of love and faithfulness. The wrong seed, the seed that brings a harvest of sorrow, is the seed of selfish ambition. When we prioritise God’s purpose in everything we do, we will sow abundantly for a wonderful harvest for ourselves and many others in decades to come. It may be that you are suffering now, but it is possible that, in your suffering, God may be establishing something of infinite value for the future. Learn to think long term and beyond yourself. This is the perspective of wisdom.
Reflect on what seeds you have been sowing for your future.
Read Ecclesiastes 7:10-14
