Tuesday... It is so easy to brag about tomorrow.

Tuesday... It is so easy to brag about tomorrow. It really is.

But there is a problem. We have no control over tomorrow, do we? Now it is important to have plans for tomorrow but we don't have control over the happenings of the plans for tomorrow so we can't really brag about tomorrow.

Now a wise thing to do is found in Proverbs 27:1 (NLT) which says, "Don't brag about tomorrow, since you don't know what the day will bring." We don't know, do we? We know about the present because we are living it but tomorrow is another thing. That is where one of the great benefits of having a relationship with God makes so much of a difference.

It is important for us to see in facing tomorrow there are two things that we do know that will make a big difference in how we face tomorrow with confidence. Psalm 117:1 & 2 says, "Praise the Lord, all you nations. Praise him, all you people of the earth. For his unfailing love for us is powerful; the Lord's faithfulness endures forever. Praise the Lord."

We can know without a doubt that God loves us and if we have a relationship with him and if are obedient to him then we can know that everything that happens to us must go through his unfailing love. He makes everything that happens to us into being good for us. And his faithfulness endures forever. And that takes in tomorrow, a whole lot of tomorrows.

Verse 2 in the Amplified Bible says, "For His lovingkindness prevails over us [and we triumph and overcome through Him], and the truth of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)"

And if we really need and want to brag about tomorrow then we can brag about the fact that God is taking care of tomorrow and we brag by praising the Lord! Hallelujah!

Now this is also important to see. Romans 11:33-35 (NLT) says, "Oh how great are God's riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways! For who can know the Lord's thoughts? Who knows enough to give him advice? And who has given him so much that he needs to pay it back? For everything comes from him and exists in his power and is intended for his glory. All glory to him! Amen."

Let's brag about him! Let's praise him! Hallelujah Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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