“The Future Belongs
to God”
“The secret
things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to
our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law.” (v.29)
The Book of
Deuteronomy is a covenant-treaty with stipulations, blessings and curses for
the Israelites as they stood on the brink of entering the Promised Land. It
describes the way God's people were to live in their new land. They had the
promises of God's help, but the future still was unknown to them.
We are so
much like Israel. The future is as unknown to us as it was to them. We however have God's
Word and it tells us how we are to live. Our responsibility then, is to follow His
instructions. This requires us to trust and obey. Demanding to know is not an
option because "the secret things belong to the LORD our God."
Life is
always lived on the brink of the future and our knowledge is severely limited, but
we do have the revelation of God in His Word. So give obedient attention to it
as we, like Israel, live on the brink.
When the future is dark and we can't
see what's next,
Of the Lord we make childish
demands;
We cannot know all, our minds are
too small,
We must leave all our
"whys" in His hands. —Carbaugh
As the
saying goes, we may not know what the future holds but we know who holds the
future.
The Truth
“And we
know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love
God, to those who are called according to His purpose.” (Romans 8:28)
