Day 7 of 500 The New and Living Way. “There is surely a future hope for you…”

Day 7 of 500 The New and Living Way

There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off. (Proverbs 23:18)

That is the current “verse of the week” in our household. I am facing the most unknown future of my life at this very moment. It is so reassuring that as the old song says,

Many things about tomorrow
I don’t seem to understand
But I know who holds tomorrow
And I know who holds my hand

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11)
This scripture hangs over the door in my office. What more could we ask for but “hope and a future” as defined by the very Creator of the universe? Remember the hope He gives is tied to His mercy which knows no limit, the future He offers is based on His calendar which neither begins or ends. Knowing those facts regarding “hope and future,” our minds can’t even began to fathom what His “plans to prosper you” entail. Our small minds rush to gold and riches, but remember in God’s economy gold is used to pave streets and riches are but a hindrance to heaven.

“For I know the plans I have for you…” That is why my future knows no fear. I don’t know what tomorrow holds but I know who holds tomorrow. The old song rings true,

I don’t worry o’er the future
For I know what Jesus said
And today I’ll walk beside Him
For He knows what lies ahead

“And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue His work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.” (Philippians 1:6)
All we as Christians need to remember is that our future is comprised of God’s finished work. He leaves nothing undone. He “will continue His work until it is finally finished…” You can be sure of that. We can face the future not with the false hope that comes from the pseudo-religion known as “The Power of Positive Thinking” but instead we are grounded by faith in Christ.

The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy. Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Bonhoeffer was a preacher imprisoned and hanged by the Nazi’s but he knew where his future laid on God’s timeline.

Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace. (Psalm 37:37)

As Christ said in John 14:27, “I am leaving you (presently and into the future) with a gift–peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.” Breath in deep and say out loud, “PEACE.”

God has the situation well in hand………

Your fellow sojourner on this amazing voyage into the future,
Billy