Expect the Unexpected

How often do we find ourselves saying something to the effect of, "I didn't see that coming"? If you are anything like me it is far more often than we would expect.  There we go again, just within that statement it has happened again.  The point is that life is pretty much unpredictable.

Those subtle warnings in fine print, telling us such gems as, "past performance does not guarantee future results", and such are truly trying to tell us something.  There are no sure things in this life.  Our best bet then is to turn the odds in our favor by looking beyond this meager existence. 

"Do not lay up for yourselves

treasures on earth,

Where moth and rust destroy

and where thieves break in and steal;

but lay up for yourselves

treasures in heaven,

where neither rust nor moth destroys

and where 

thieves do not break in and steal."

Matthew 6:19-20

Christ has paved the way for us to have certainty, and the passage above points us to something that has certainty.  In another passage we are told:

"Let not your heart be troubled;

you believe in God,

believe also in Me.

In my Father's house are many mansions;

if it were not so,

I would have told you.

And if I go to prepare a place for you,

I will come again 

and receive you to myself;

that where I am,

there you may be also.

And where I go you know,

and the way you know."

John 14:1-4

With the beginning of a new year we tend to get caught up in goal setting, resolutions and new beginnings, none of which I am opposed to.  However life is going to throw us curves, and if we are not expecting there to be some unexpected moments, events, and outcomes, then we may struggle to maintain our composure.  When we take a fuller perspective and bring Heaven and eternity into the picture, that is when we can begin to have certainty.  

Go forth, chase your dreams, desires and goals in 2018, but do so with a full view of the perspective God has for you.  Expect the unexpected and be certain knowing that you, if you are a Christian, are insured by the greatest insurance policy ever conceived, the grace of God!  When we put our faith to work in this way, that is when we will Make Today (and every day) GREAT!