What is your excuse?
“He who observes the wind [and waits for all conditions to be favorable] will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.” Ecc. 11:4 (AMP).
This scripture speaks about a person that looks at the storms of life and waits and says I am not going to help others until all of the conditions in my life are perfect. God has called us in the middle of a dark and confused world to minister to people. We must remember that conditions will never be perfect to help others. But many people have many excuses for not serving God. We say that we are too old, too young, I don’t have time, I don’t have any money, I have too many of my own problems, it’s too hard, too early, I don’t know how to do this, I have kids, or I am taking care of my business, etc. What are we really saying to God? We are saying do not disturb me.
We must understand if we stand around waiting for everything to be perfect to serve God we will never sow into people’s lives. If we don’t sow we will never reap what God has for us. We must be ready to be used by God when it is convenient or inconvenient. But we are addicted to being convenient. If we go shopping and the escalator does not work we start to complain instead giving thanks to God that we have two good legs. We are addicted to entertainment and think that we should be entertained all of the time.
We don’t like to see the ugliest in the world because it means we have to do something to alleviate the pain and suffering of others. We need to get our eyes off of ourselves and reach out to others. We don’t need to pray if we should help people. God has called us to be the light in the middle of a dark world. If you don’t sow you will not reap. You need to sow time, money, mercy, compassion, patience, and love to reap these very same things when we will need them. Get your head out of the clouds, look around and help someone in need. Find someone who right now needs help and help them!
Do you want to make God happy? Help somebody!