OUR FATHER WHO BRINGS FORTH THE HARVEST 

The book of Ecclesiates chapter 11 verse 4 says this;

Whoever watches the wind will not plant;  whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.

This verse, speaking of the cycle of sowing and reaping, reveals a principle that governs the auspicious time to plant and to harvest.

A person who watches the wind to try to discern when to plant his crop does not know the course of the wind and therefore cannot  predict the correct conditions as verse 5 says;

Just as you do not know the way and path of the wind or how the bones are formed in the womb of a pregnant woman, even so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things.

Similarly, looking at the clouds to decide when to put in crops will yield nothing because when clouds are full, they drop rain on the earth which would be optimal for crop growth but when the planting should be underway, there may not be a cloud in the sky and to withhold sowing when there are no  clouds visible would be a mistake.

The metaphor can expanded to mean that in the same way that the path of the wind cannot be known, the way of the Spirit of God cannot be predicted by men and so the advice that the Apostle Paul gives Timothy in 2 Timothy chapter 4 verse 2 is;

Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction.

Whether or not we sense the presence and activity of God, we should always sow the seeds of the word of God that they may yield a harvest in their time.

As 1 Corinthians chapter 3 verse 7 says;

So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

Amen.

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