Daniel 8:25 (ESV)
[25] By his cunning he shall make deceit prosper under his hand, and in his own mind he shall become great. Without warning he shall destroy many. And he shall even rise up against the Prince of princes, and he shall be broken—but by no human hand.
I've been following the news in Ukraine with some interest recently for a couple reasons. I have a number of friends in Ukraine, both Americans and Ukrainians. As a church we are hoping to send a short term missions team to Ukraine this summer. What has been going on there is a bit frightening and the future is certainly uncertain. While I've been closely watching Ukraine someone informed me that there are 60 wars going on in the world at the present time. War is romantic from a distance, but scary, brutal and destructive up close. The good news is that even in the midst of war God never stops being God.
In Daniel 8 Daniel had a vision about the "time of the end." The vision explained how nations would rise and fall and how one King would destroy many, and would raise himself up even against God, but he would ultimately be destroyed. These are disturbing thoughts that left Daniel sick and appalled for several days. War, death and destruction is never a good thing, but they never take God by surprise. God knows from the beginning what the future holds. God is never caught off guard or unprepared. God never stops being God.
We may not be facing war and destruction, but whatever crises we face in life we know that God knows. When everything falls apart and the bottom drops out of life, God knows. When all our great plans crumble and disintegrate, God knows. He knew before we ever began and his faithfulness is not dependent on our experience. He can be trusted in the darkest times of our lives. When we can't see any light we can rest in the truth that he is the light. When we can find no hope we can trust that he is our hope. But we need to learn that life is not about us. It's about him. God never stops being God.
Father, thank you that you know the future from eternity past. Because of that I trust you with my present.
By His grace,
Rick Weinert
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