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Confidence About the Future

"Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you."  John 14:1-2

 

Almost since the dawn of the human race, people have tried to discern the future. The horoscopes published in many daily newspapers are evidence that it still goes on today.

As a Christian, though, I believe that only God knows the future and that we are to look to Him---not to the stars or the tea leaves or the lines on the palm of our hand---to find confidence for the future. Some of these attempts to learn what the future holds are merely foolish or useless, but others involve occult practices that can bring people into contact with spiritual forces that are not from God but from Satan.

This is one reason why the Bible strongly urges us to avoid any practice that may be linked with the occult. Astrology can never give you the answers to life's deepest questions---especially where you will spend eternity. Committing your life to Christ means having the joyous confidence that your future is securely in His hands. Tomorrow and forever.

From, HOPE for Each Day: Morning & Evening Devotions, by Billy Graham.