DO NOT BOAST ABOUT TOMORROW

Proverbs 27:1  Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

This proverb has become very real and applicable today, in what we are experiencing with this virus crisis.  We cannot boast about our tomorrow, because we do not know what a day may bring forth.

Notice what the proverb says – we cannot boast about TOMORROW, because we do not know what A DAY may bring forth.  It doesn’t say we don’t know what tomorrow may bring forth, it says that we don’t know what a day may bring forth.  Why boast about tomorrow when we don’t even know what’s going to happen TODAY.  We cannot even boast about today!

We literally have no idea what this day may bring forth for us.  

We used to be able to boast about tomorrow according to many things – our work, our savings, our investments, our health, our strength, our skill, our knowledge or experience.  Suddenly, all of those things are being shaken. 

So what is it that a Christian can boast of?

Jeremiah 9:23-24  This is what the LORD says: "Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches,  (24)  but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the LORD.

Though we cannot boast in tomorrow, or even in a day, we can boast in our knowledge and understanding of God, who does not change.  Circumstances may change, but our God remains the same.  So, let us cherish every moment we have in a day, and let us spend  every moment growing in our knowledge of the Lord, meditating upon His faithfulness, and seeing His goodness and faithfulness working around us at all times.

2 Peter 3:18  But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.

 Moment by moment, let us grow in our knowledge of God, so we may boast in Him.