Hear are a few thoughts that came to me,'Even the strongest Oak tree will fall,even the biggest giants will be defeated,even the wisest man will act foolishly, and even the most successful businessperson can go bankrupt' The writer of Ecclesiastes 9 v 11 writes,'The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong,nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favour to the learned;but time and chance happen to them all'.One writer puts it like this,'Unexpected and unpredictable circumstances are a part of life and often interrupt the predictable flow of events.We cannot control ,understand, or perfectly anticipate what life has to answer'.Most us our unprepared for the unexpected,try as we may,James reminds us of the foolishness of boasting about tomorrow,(4 v 13ff) simply because we do not know what a day will bring forth. I believe that God is sovereign,each day we awake we step into the unknown, but it is known unto God.I believe that God in his providence is watching over His own. Derek Kidner writes of,'providence acting in secret', it is only in hindsight that we come to some degree an understanding of God's providence,eternity will reveal a fuller understanding.1 Corinthians 13 v 12.
'Blind unbelief is sure to err,
And scan His works in vain;
God is His own interpreter,
And He will make it plain'
Words W,Cowper.
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