Christian Devotional – March 22, 2025

Wisdom Squandered, Day 17

Who really knows the future? Read Ecclesiastes 8:1-8.

People have always had such an incredible fascination with knowing the future. They want some level of certainty to know what’s coming and how to prepare for it. The ways in which people try to attain this can range from the ridiculous, like the magic 8 ball, to the expensive, like the psychic hotlines and visits to mediums and spiritualists. And yet, even in their unreliability, people still continue to be so fascinated that they’re willing to try all kinds of things for an opportunity to know what their future holds.

I’m sure Solomon had tried several things himself. He doesn’t go into detail here, but we see him remind us that no one knows the future. God himself is the only one who knows and understands the future because he wrote the future. We cannot know or understand the what is coming, but we know God, who does know the future. Our trust has to be in him.

It doesn’t matter what may come as long as we’re trusting in God and following his footsteps. Will we stay focused on him today and allow him to lead our tomorrow?

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