We May not know what the future holds but we can trust who holds the future

WE NEVER KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS BUT WE CAN TRUST WHO HOLDS THE FUTURE

In the modern society where everything seems to be sophisticated and complicated , everybody crams to cope up with the economic demands Oftentimes people tend to worry too much about tomorrow that parents work more than the usual number of hours , students skip meals just to maximize their study time and managers run their business twenty-four-seven . People do the cramming and being workaholic because they wanted to make sure that whatever comes after this day , they and

their families are financially safe and secure . Perhaps it is the reality that man does not have the ability to know or see the future that gives him the feeling of insecurity

Regardless of religion , man has to know that he is both a social and spiritual being which suggest that he has needs other than material needs . As a spiritual being , man should recognize the fact that he was made by someone who knows man better than anyone else . More than anything else , man was made by 1God who does not only know the future but holds it . Just because man is often preoccupied by too many worries he tends to become anxious about the future and what it can bring Because man is anxious , he tends to feel some sort of fear that soon will overcome faith . Faith is about trusting what is unseen and uncertain (Hebrews 11 :1 ) and so 2faith is the opposite of fear . This means that if we are having fear about the future , we are losing faith in God . We try to fill our fears with hard work and by securing our material needs . This suggests that ours fears are brought about by our dependence on our own strength or our trust in our own abilities rather than trusting in God

It is God 's plan that we have some needs in that we can develop our faith in Him (Crown Financial Ministries . If man can never know the future , there is one thing he can do to secure his future : trust in God who holds the future . The next question to answer after knowing whom to trust is how can we trust God ' One definite answer is commitment If we are to trust God , we must be able to have the commitment to entrust everything to Him without any reservation , without any dose of doubt . We are to trust God that He will provide us all our needs but it does not however mean that we should not be doing anything and that we will just wait for God ' provision . It is our obligation to do our part as has been said , do your best and God will do the rest ' It is but necessary for man to plan and prepare for the future as with a student to study hard and for parents to work to earn a living . What makes things undesirable in the eyes of God is...