God saw the
end of this life as we know it before He ever created this world. We are all on
His timetable and He has a perfect will for our life (Ephesians 2:10).
We can make
our own plans and have our own dreams and goals; but if they are not according
to God's will, we will be frustrated in trying to make them happen (Psalm 2:4).
America
plays no part in the overall scheme of the prophecy in the Bible about the end
times. America falls from the status of a super power.
The Bible makes
no statement about how this will happen: financial collapse, foreign take over
from a country like China who owns our multi-trillion dollar debt to them, etc.
There is much speculation, but the Bible is not specific.
Therefore,
it is best to follow the sage advice of Proverbs 3:5. We trust in the Lord with
all of our heart and we do not rely in any way on our human reasoning and
understanding.
We make no
plans of our own, but we acknowledge God in every moment of our day, and He
directs our every step. We realize that we are not wise in our own thinking; so
we honor the Lord and turn away from all evil (Proverbs 3:6-7).
As we do
this every day, we can be assured that God will care for us regardless of what
happens to us. We may lose every penny we save as they did in the depression; we
may be put in jail for our faith in Christ; we may die from a terrorist's
attack.
We do not
know what the next moment of time holds for us; but we do know that God is in
the midst of it with us and He will never leave or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5).
Prayer:
Father God,
even though You formed us in our mother's womb, and recorded every day of our
life before we were ever born, in Your estimation, the day of our death is
better than the day of our birth, because it is precious in Your sight (Psalm
139:13-16; Ecclesiastes 7:1; Psalm 116:15).
Thank you for sending Your angels to carry us to Your heavenly presence,
and for guiding us and providing us with Your refuge even in death (Luke 16:22;
Psalm 48:14; Proverbs 14:32). There we will never die again, and we will
live as your children forever (Luke 20:36). Therefore, we do not have to fear
what anyone will do to our body; because You are with us even in death (Psalm
16:9-11).
Thought for
the Day:
God lives
within us and experiences with us everything that transpires in our life; He
will sustain us from the inside out.
