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This devotional centers our hope in the God who leads us into every new year with purpose and provision.
TONIGHT’S SCRIPTURE
“You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance” (Psalm 65:11, NIV).
SOMETHING TO PONDER
If you could predict and know the future, would you? It sounds like a silly question, but I think most of us wish we could know when things are going to happen before they do. Why? Because we’re a people who like to be prepared.
I thought about this question one Saturday evening in September. My husband and I walked into Hobby Lobby, and I saw this sign: “Thank you, Lord, for all the things that didn’t go the way I planned.” It stopped me in my tracks. I wonder if it stops you in yours?
There’s a reason why Isaiah 55:8 says that God’s ways and thoughts are not our own. We also know from Scripture that some things will forever be beyond our cognition and understanding. And you know what, that’s okay. Not only does not knowing keep us reliant on Christ, but it also protects us from trying to take charge of our lives.
The NLT of Isaiah 55:8 explains this best: “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine”.
I used to read verses like these and shudder. How can God relate to me if His thoughts are nothing like mine? But then I understood this: Just as a loving Father protects His children from harm, God prevents us from knowing and seeing all for our good. He, too, is our loving protector and provider.