Endless Possibilities

Verse of the day: Ecclesiastes 11:5 As you do not know what is the way of the wind, Or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child, So you do not know the works of God who makes everything.

Can we know what the future holds? To an extent...yes. God has revealed, in His Word, what is in store for us, as His children. However, He has also chosen not to give is every single detail of how He is going to choose to carry those things out. He also has chosen not to reveal to us an exact time, and date. That is all in His hands. What that means for us is that we must live by faith, and trust Him. On a personal level, in this chapter of Ecclesiastes, we are reminded that we need to plan for the future, because we do not know what God will do, from day to day, in our lives, personally. Even though we are not guaranteed another day of life, if we have called upon Jesus, as Savior and Lord, we know, with certainty, that we have eternal life. Nonetheless, we must still plan for the future, should we reach old age. The journey, however, can be as boring or exciting as we choose to make it. We can sit, and worry, about every little thing we cannot control, or we can live for the Lord, and trust Him for every step He leads us in, and every outcome He allows alongs the way. Remember Joseph? Remember everything God allowed into his life? Betrayal, slavery, false accusation leading to imprisonment? In the end, God used all of that to put Joseph right where He wanted him, to be second in command, in Egypt, to save His people. Just like we do not know if a seed planted will bear a plant, and fruit, and just as we do not know how bones grows in the womb, so we also do not know how God will make things possible in our lives. We must live life, trusting God for the unseen, making our plans, with wisdom, and giving God the eraser so that He can change those plans, and guide our steps, according to His will, and His plan, for each of us. Brothers, and sisters, this is why it is of utmost importance that we maintain a close, intimate, relationship with the Lord, and read and study His Word. We must also be careful to be doers of the Word, and not just hearers. Trust God, plan for the future, and trust God to change them as He sees fit, trusting Him for the outcome, especially when it seems impossible for us, for we know all things are possible with God.