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EPISODE · Nov 1, 2023 · 4 MIN

Control

from Faith Moments · host Christadelphian Tidings

You’re familiar with Jesus’s encouragement not to worry about the future:  “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself.  Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” (Matthew 6:34) Good advice, and an exhortation to have faith in our heavenly Father’s care for us.  We humans do tend to be anxious.  So we should boldly forge ahead in total confidence about the future? Well, we humans also tend to have a problem in the opposite direction.  The most succinct caution in that direction is:  “Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.” (Proverbs 27:1) We do like to brag.  (Including bragging about how humble we are, but that’s another topic.)  The point of this proverb is that we have a tendency to over-estimate our control over things around us, and even over our own lives.  This especially comes out in areas such as career planning, retirement planning, money management, and related things. https://tidings.org/https://tidings.org/

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You’re familiar with Jesus’s encouragement not to worry about the future:  “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself.  Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” (Matthew 6:34) Good advice, and an exhortation to have faith in our heavenly Father’s care for us.  We humans do tend to be anxious.  So we should boldly forge ahead in total confidence about the future? Well, we humans also tend to have a problem in the opposite direction.  The most succinct caution in that direction is:  “Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.” (Proverbs 27:1) We do like to brag.  (Including bragging about how humble we are, but that’s another topic.)  The point of this proverb is that we have a tendency to over-estimate our control over things around us, and even over our own lives.  This especially comes out in areas such as career planning, retirement planning, money management, and related things. https://tidings.org/https://tidings.org/

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