DAY FIVE

“All the days ordained for me

were written in your book

before one of them came to be.”

Psalm 139:16b

COMMENT

Even though God has written every day that you will live in a special book He keeps just for you, you are not a puppet that He manipulates with a string.  Because God is eternal, He can see everything in the future as though it had already happened. He has planned your whole life for you and he wants you to follow that plan because it’s a good plan.  “I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”  Jeremiah 29:11. Just think of that!  Every entry in God’s book is about your doing good things and being blessed by the Lord.  Do you want those good plans to come about in your life?

PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING

The best way to bring all God’s good plans to pass is by releasing your faith in Him through thanksgiving.  When you thank Him and praise Him for what He has planned for you, He knows that you trust Him to bring about the very best for you, even though you don’t always see the way ahead.  Thanksgiving is the language of faith.