Facing the Future Biblically

Psalms 119:19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

Am I the only one clueless about the future? Now if I had just asked any of my friends or family that question, they would have had alot of fun with that the answer. But I believe the psalmist was saying the same thing as I in this verse. The future is an unknown quanitity to all of us. Even the most organized, and all together among us is at the mercy of the unpredictable events ahead of us. Many of us pray for God to reveal the future. Many a pastor is asked for counsel about finding God's will for their lives. Still others are trying to interpret any possible signs that might clue them as to what the future decisions to be made.

It is to be noted here that the psalmist here also clueless, does not ask God to reveal the future so that he can be prepared for it. Instead in his clueless state he asks God help him improve his behavior not his circumstance. The Everyday Christian may not (contrary to popular secular teaching) have control of their future, but they should be more concerned about their behavior.

No one can predict, or stop bad things from happening, but how we behave when they happen is more important. We may work and work and even pray for that big successful event to happen at work only to find out that another coworker gets the brass ring instead. Jealousy, and frustration are so easy to be felt and expressed, but God says true success is to be more concerned on how you hand that situation than whether you were the benefactor.

How about it? Quit trying to read the tealeaves, and getting the inside scoup on the future instead desire Godly character and obedience. And just be clueless.