He KNOWS what's best!

June 11, 2003

i meant to write about this a while back, just never got around to it.

i was watching who's the boss on television one day and the episode was about samantha and bonnie picking a place to go for 'career week'. they were left with two options, one with angela and one with tony. sam picked tony, because she thought it'd be a better job. she had a bad experience working at angela's office before, so she figured that working with her dad would make life much easier. she figured she could kick back at home and do nothing. little did she know that she was completely wrong. it ended up that bonnie had an amazing time working at angela's office, with a bunch of great opportunities and sam had to work a ton at home, doing house chores and other 'not-so-interesting' tasks.

the lesson for the day? what SEEMS to be good for you, might end up being the total opposite, like in sam's case. you might be drawn into a certain decision, because of outward rewards or what you THINK you know about it. but you could be completely off the mark.

watching this episode reminded me of how fortunate we are that we have a loving Father who knows what's the absolute best for us. a Father who cares about us so deeply that He only wants what's best for us. when it comes to deciding what's good or better, we might be settled with good. but how would we ever know that there was something better for us? make no mistake. you could make all your life decisions by yourself, without ever consulting God. but why would you? why not ask the God who created the ENTIRE universe for direction and guidance? we don't have to second guess our decisions, we don't have to worry about making the right or wrong choices. we just need to place everything in the hands of our Father. He'll take care of it!

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

Posted by Leo Chan at June 11, 2003 9:25 AM