“For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind:” (Hosea 8:7)
Often our works for the Lord are as the wind--they dissipate as quickly, and are not tangible or lasting. They blow through suddenly, as a gust of wind, and then disappear into oblivion. Sowing the wind is grasping at straws; it is nothing; we can never put our hands on it, and make good use it in our every day lives. Further, we will always reap what is sown, it is a fact of nature, and a law of God. If we sow nothingness, we will reap the same; if we sow the seed of righteousness, we will also reap righteousness. Often, the reaping is more severe than the sowing! Such is the case here in Hosea; God’s people sow the wind, and the it is wrapped in the oppression of the world fueled by the doctrine of humanism to the extent that it returns as a great whirlwind--to destroy, and bring mayhem wherever it goes. Should this be the plight of the Christian? I think not; and yet it often is the result of our service to the Lord. We serve not in truth, and reap in despair. Is your heart in the work? Has the world turned your eyes from the true course? I hope not, lest the whirlwind come and blow away all that you hope to accomplish.
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