“Unseen Ripples” is August 12’s morning entry from Dr. David Jeremiah’s ‘Turning Points with God: 365 Daily Devotions’.
"Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days." Ecclesiastes 11:1
If you throw a stone into the middle of a lake on a starless night, will there be ripples? Will those ripples eventually reach the shoreline? Even if you can’t see them in the darkness?
That’s what we’re doing when we share Christ with others and when we perform acts of compassion and kindness. We’re tossing our words and actions into the lives of others, and we can be sure there’ll be a ripple effect, even if we can’t see it. When we serve Christ, we’re doing more good than we know, for God has promised that His Word will not return to Him void (Isaiah 55:11).
Sometimes, the Lord does let us see some of the fruit of our labors. Knowing we need encouragement, He allows us to see the partial results of our words or work for Him. The full result; however, can be seen only in heaven, and so we serve Him by faith, always abounding in the work, for we know that our labor in the Lord is not in vain.
To end, a quote from Rick Warren, “You’ll never be a failure if what you’re doing is ultimately for the glory of God.”
