In God we should trust
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Don't brag about tomorrow, since you don't know what the day will bring.
—Prov. 27:1 (NLT)
Election Day has come and gone. Do you know what this means? It means television ads are all about Christmas now. Soon it will be a December to Remember. Should we worry about this with the way everything else has gone this year?
Over 30 years ago, I added the Bible verse above to my Friday prayer list. Chuck Swindoll wrote a devotional about how people are, like the song says, livin' for the weekend. People live for one day, someday, some special occasion or event. In focusing too much on the future, they miss the joys, delights, and responsibilities of today.
There are some things we cannot foresee. There is no guarantee tomorrow is going to be like today. This is one of the problems with strategic planning. Oftentimes people assume ten years from now will be just like today.
In reality, some things will be the same. Others will be radically different.
In other words, you might not want to confidently declare your favored candidates as winners until all the votes are in, counted, recounted, and so on. You might want to contain your excitement about that golden new age your party is bringing to bless the whole world. You might want to ease up on your messages of doom and disaster.
There is a bigger plan at work than any political party can accelerate or hinder. Our Father in heaven was not thrown off by Nero, Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, or any other despot or Democrat, nor any other rogue or Republican.
Instead of boasting about tomorrow and our plans to bend the world to our will, let us follow James' advice in 4:15, 16 (NLT): What you ought to say is, "If the Lord wants us to, we will do this or that." Otherwise you will be boasting about your own plans, and all such boasting is evil.
Don't boast about tomorrow. Instead, trust God today. Trust God every day. Trust God for all your tomorrows. Confidently step into each new day by saying to him, "Whatever you want, that's what I want too."
Feel free to brag on God. He has never lost an election yet, and he never will.
 | David Bowman, (DMin, PCC) is the Executive Director of Tarrant Baptist Association in Fort Worth, Texas. He also serves as a Multiplying Trainer for Future Church Co. Learn More » |
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