What About The Future?

Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 

Luke 12:32 

What about the future? As Christ is giving the discourse from which our text derives, He has much to say about fear, worry and their causes. What is worth noting is that all of the things to which He refers are in the future. He speaks of killings, arrests, lack of food, nakedness, and destitution. All these things are what we might describe as future possibilities. These are the things about which we worry and over which, in practical terms, we may have little control. What shall we do? According to Christ, we look to Him, Who holds our future. God sees the end from the beginning. Christ is God and sees what His Father sees. All our future appears in God’s panoramic present. He not only knows what will occur but also how, when and where it will happen. He knows the end result of all circumstances and conditions. Therefore, we need not know the future or worry about what it holds. The God Who has sent His Only  Begotten Son into the world for us knows and secures our future. Jesus never fails. 

High King of Heaven, 
we rejoice that You know all about us. 
We praise You that You know our future, 
and prepare us for it. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning