My Future

Be Confident About Your Future

What does the future hold in store for you?

Futurologists predict what will happen in the future. For example, it has been predicted that some babies born today will live to the age of 150. Some of their predictions may come true. Others may not.

In 1962 Decca Recording Company rejected the Beatles. They said, ‘We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.’ In 1977 Ken Olson, Chairman of Digital Equipment Co., said, ‘There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.’ There are certain things about the future that we don’t know and that we are not supposed to know. However, there are other things that you can know about the future and that make a real difference to your life now. Today we see three reasons why, if you put your trust in the Lord, you can be confident about your future.

The plans of the Lord

Psalm 33:1-11

‘The plans of the Lord stand firm forever’ (v.11). God has plans. God has a good plan for your life. He has ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future’ (Jeremiah 29:11).

The psalmist’s confidence about the future comes from looking back on the past. He reflects on what God has done through ‘the word of the Lord’ (Psalm 33:6a).