I know where my future lies.

Sometimes, I get worried, and fret over what my future will look like. I mean, who doesn't? I wonder what what direction my life will take. Where will I live? Who will I marry? What will my career be? What will my family look like? Where will God take me? I wonder that, even acknowledging that He will take me there. And still, I worry. I worry and I worry and I worry. I worry even though I know God is taking me there. I forget that He is so much bigger than me, and that He has it all in control! Perfect control. Perfectly and completely, He holds my future in His much-more-capable-than-mine hands.

He knows every moment of the rest of my life, and He has known them since before the world was created. He knows the places I will go, the things I will do, the people I will meet. He knows it all, perfectly.

My worrying and fretting? That’s proof that I haven't let God have complete control. He wants all my heart, not just what’s convenient to me. And ultimately, to give Him my whole heart is the wisest choice I could ever make. He will make my path straight. He will direct my footsteps. He’ll lead; I’ll follow. I simply have to trust Him with my whole heart, trust that He has a plan. He knows my heart; He knows my desires; He knows my hopes and dreams; and, He knows what’s best. 

God knows my every thought, He knows I sometimes struggle to trust Him. He knows it. Yet He still loves me and directs my feet where they should go, one day at a time. 

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give hope and a future." 
Jeremiah 29:11

My future remains a mystery to me. The time ahead, whether it is measured in years or days, has yet to be shown to me. It is written, foreordained, God just uses invisible ink. I may not yet know what it is, but I know where it is – in God’s hands.