Today: I will rejoice and be glad in it

One of the most prevalent indicators of our status as dependent humans is our inability to know what our future on this earth holds. We can certainly anticipate the direction that the circumstances in our lives are taking, but ultimately the future is continually out of the perceptual reach of our minds. Personal affirmation of this fact generates one of two responses: gratitude or fear. The only way that gratitude is obtained is when one realizes that the loving Lord and Savior continually works all things in accord with his purposes. Since His purposes are far greater and better than ours, not knowing the future is actually a tremendous benefit to us. As Matthew 6:34 says, "Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." I see our inability to know what the future holds as God's way of protecting us from knowledge which would certainly overwhelm our feeble minds. So rejoice today in knowing that God knows what He is doing; trust in Him. "This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24 Blessings in Christ, Josh