NEW YEAR’S EVE Psalm 32:8-10 The Right Answer THOUGHT FOR TODAY: I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Psalm 32:8 Society seems to script certain questions for each new life phase. We ask high school seniors about their college plans. We ask newlyweds when they plan to start a family. We ask stay-at-home moms what they are going to do to fill their time once their youngest children start school. I have fielded all of those questions; most recently it was the last one. Each time someone asks, “What are you going to do now that your baby is in school?” I feel a certain amount of pressure to have “the right answer.” I sense an urgency to know exactly what my life is going to look like and how I’m going to reach my goals. However, God has not promised to show us the blueprint for our entire lifespan in advance. Instead, we need to trust God with our future and rely on God’s wise counsel along the way. So instead of giving in to the pressure of coming up with “the right answer,” let’s place each day of the year ahead in the hands of God. PRAYER: Omniscient God, we stand at the threshold of a new year. Help us place our future in your hands and trust in your promise to instruct and teach. Amen. Kim Harms—Huxley, Iowa Today’s meditation was originally published on December 31, 2013 in The Secret Place, our daily devotional publication. To order a subscription go to judsonpress/ or call 800-4-JUDSON. Used by permission copyright 2014 Judson Press
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 15:01:45 +0000
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