We will meet with Christ Covenant church on December 1 at 11 a.m. We will have no other services this day.
Notes of Faith November 30, 2024
The Future
Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.
Psalm 139:16
Why do fake indulgences like horoscopes, fortune cookies, and fortune tellers attract people? Because they all deliver messages about the same subject: the future. If the average person could have one question answered, it would likely be this: What does the future hold for me?
That is a human question, one as old as time. The ancients were as curious about the future as we are. For that reason, the psalmist assured Israel that though we don’t know what the future holds, we know Who holds the future. In fact, he wrote that all of our days were written in God’s “book” before even one of them came to pass. That means we can give thanks for the future today before the future arrives. If God has our future in His hands, we know it will be for our good regardless of what it holds (Romans 8:28).
The future entails the rest of today, not to mention tomorrow and the years to come. Starting today, give thanks for the future.
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
Corrie ten Boom
Prov 16:9
9 The mind of man plans his way,
But the Lord directs his steps.
God is more intimately involved in our every moment than we could ever imagine. His Word speaks of creation, the beginning of what we know and partially understand about the origin of all things except God who is eternal. He knows the end from the beginning, living outside of what we call time and yet works His desire and plan in and through all circumstances that happen in each life. Trying to think these things through is difficult but God’s Word says that He knows every hair that is on my head. He knows every thought I think and word I say before I think or say a word. The implication is that God knows everything and is intimately involved with His creation. Mankind is the only being God created in His image, reflecting His glory, that all mankind might come to know and have a special relationship with Him! The future is indeed in the hands of God. God does have plans for those that belong to Him, those that love Him, and are waiting for the return of Jesus to claim what belongs to Him. Let us wait with patient anticipation for the skies to break forth with the glory of God looking forward to a new heaven and new earth created for reward and blessing to people from every tribe, tongue and nation. This promised future was declared from before the foundation of the world, a guarantee from the One who cannot lie.
Prov 3:5-6
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart
And do not lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight.
Pastor Dale