It seems counter-intuitive to following the commandment to “Cast your bread upon the waters.” A simple reading of the passage would give us to believe that we are being instructed to be wasteful–or at the very least, crazy. However, there is much more to this passage–and it’s not at all crazy.

Here’s a brief excerpt from the sermon, with a link to the full audio immediately thereafter:

“It doesn’t hurt to use the scriptures. We do not want to take scriptures out of context, or twist them, or force them into something. But we do know this–that scriptures are inexhaustible, and if we are lay up in our heart the scriptures and think on these things and be led in understanding their true meaning, we find the Holy Spirit can cause us to have them apply to our lives in ways beyond our anticipation.

We can learn very particular things. We can certainly learn how to live and what steps to take on the pursuit of entering into the joy of the Lord, which is the context in Luke 15 and 16.”