The Unexpected
As I mentioned yesterday, things don’t always work out the way we planned. The world has a saying, “expect the unexpected.” For the believer the unexpected is so often a confirmation of the Lord’s will, and often He uses circumstances beyond our control to lead us in the way of His choosing. Often it is to preserve and keep us from some danger or folly that would have otherwise been to our hurt, either spiritually or physically.
Here is a good scripture to keep in mind as life unfolds with all its many twists and turns: “Go to now, ye that say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that” (James 4:13-14).
The Lord has a plan for each of us. It may not always be what we had wanted or hoped, but if we give Him His way it will be the very best for us, and we will be truly happy.
