I can’t see tomorrow. Sometimes it’s exciting. Other times it’s down right terrifying. If I had known about the health issues then I could have prepared for the future. If I had known about the car accident I would have taken a different route. If I had known about my child’s problems at school I would have considered my options. If I had known about this, and if I had known about that before it happened, life would be so much easier.

Life is unknown. We can plan, prepare and manipulate our lives, but there will always be things that rock our world, upset the routine and paralyze the normal flow.

Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a clear road map for life? You could open up an app on your phone and see what the future looks like. You could anticipate broken appliances, health problems and relationship struggles. Before the tragedy strikes you could prepare your heart, family and friends. What if an alarm went off every time your child needed a little encouragement or your spouse started to feel distant?

There are things in our lives we cannot control. We simply cannot see tomorrow.

Here’s the good part:

1. God knows every detail.

But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows. Luke 12:7

2. God loves you.

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. I John 4:16

3. God works behind the scenes.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

4. God’s purpose will prosper and is greater than the heartbreak, disappointment and struggles of today.

So shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:11

5. God sees tomorrow.

Go to now, ye that say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. James 4:13-15

Are there unknowns lurking in your life causing you to feel unsettled, troubled, and concerned about the future? Rest in God’s will.

Even when you cannot see the outcome or anticipate the result, rest knowing God knows, loves, works, plans and sees every single part of your journey.

“Tomorrow”
by Micah Maddox

When I cannot see tomorrow,
And I don’t know what will come,
I can rest in calm assurance,
knowing God is on the throne.
He always walks beside me,
Every moment, every day.
When I feel alone or frightened,
I will bow my head and pray.
God will never leave me.
His promises are true.
You can rest with calm assurance,
He sees your tomorrow too.

Love and Blessings,

Micah

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