Daily Prayer
The Word:
Proverbs 27:1-2 (HCSB) 1 Don’t boast about tomorrow, for you don’t know what a day might bring.2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and not your own lips.
My observation:
No matter how smart man becomes, he must still be humble when it comes to the future. None of us are privy to what will occur in the future of our earthly existence.
Only God knows the future. Hence, we should not praise ourselves about what we will do tomorrow because we have no way of knowing for certain what will happen tomorrow.
Proverbs 16:9 (HCSB) 9 A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord determines his steps.
Proverbs 19:21 (HCSB) 21 Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the Lord’s decree will prevail.
James 4:13-15 (HCSB) 13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.”14 You don’t even know what tomorrow will bring—what your life will be! For you are ?like? smoke that appears for a little while, then vanishes.15 Instead, you should say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
Not only are we not to boast about what we do in the future, but we should not boast about what we have done in the past.
Life is short and the future is unknown. The wise thing is to put out trust in God who is eternal. He alone knows the future.
My inspiration:
Psalm 31:14-15 (HCSB) 14 But I trust in You, Lord; I say, “You are my God.”15 The course of my life is in Your power; deliver me from the power of my enemies and from my persecutors.
My prayer:
Our Father in heaven, my dear Father, I am so thankful that by faith I can say that my times are in my heavenly Father’s hands. Lord, there is no place I would rather be than in the loving hands of my Lord.
Lord, I look to you to lead and guide me each step I take, each move I make, and each life you allow me to touch in my daily walk with you through this world.
My song:
My Times Are in Thy Hand (Click on link below for lyrics and midi):