January 13 2020
FROM YOUR PASTOR’S DESK:
HOW PILGRIMS PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.
“By faith Abraham when he was called to go out to a place which he should afterward receive as an inheritance, went out not knowing where he was going.” Heb. 11:8.
“Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims. abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles (unbelievers) that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.” 1 Pet. 2:11,12 NKJV.
— “Many are unable to make definite plans for the future. Their life is unsettled. They cannot discern the outcome of affairs, and this often fills them with anxiety and unrest. Let us remember that the life of God’s children in this world is a pilgrim life.
We have not wisdom to plan out our own lives. It is for us to shape our future. Christ in His life on earth made no plans for Himself. He accepted God’s plan for Him, and day by day the Father UNFOLDED His plans. So should WE depend upon God that our lives may be the simple outworking of His will. As we COMMIT our ways to Him, He will DIRECT our steps. Too many, in planning for a BRILLIANT future, make utter failure. Let God plan for you.
As a LITTLE child, trust to the guidance of Him who will ‘keep the feet of His saints.’ 1 Sam. 2:9. God never leads His children otherwise than they would CHOOSE to be led, if they could see the end from the beginning and discern the glory of the purpose which they are fulfilling as co-workers with Him.” MH 478-9. NMF