Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days

"Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all. In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good" (Eccl. 11:1-6). To these simplistic words of wisdom Jesus added the following: "Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven" (Mat. 5:14-16).

If God has wrought true deliverance in your life then walk in that deliverance and let someone know what it is. If you are real with God there is nothing more powerful than your own personal testimony of the real things that God has done for you: "And they overcame him [the devil] by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony" (Rev. 12:11). There simply is nothing that the devil can do about something that is true reality in God in the life of a believer. As our text passage says, you just never know what will become of the words of truth and reality that you hand out to those around you. One thing is certain; they will have no choice but to think about those words. Isaiah maybe said it best: "For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it" (Isa. 55:10,11). When you tell someone of miracle deliverance, healing, etc. that God has performed in your life, those words belong to God, and he will surely use them for his purposes. Amen.