Best days to come.
As you all know, each week I sign off Thought for the Week with “best days to come”. This little sign-off statement is not only a light-hearted way to finish our words of encouragement, it is also a powerful declaration of truth and faith. Best days to come is about our future in the hands of a trustworthy God. It is embracing the truth that God, the master weaver, knits every thread of our lives into the tapestry of His purposes, past, present, and future. Philippians 2:12-16. He produces a uniquely designed expression of His image in us as He restoratively works with the strands of our best and our worst experiences. When God weaves His ways in us, the end result is always God’s best. He fashions us by His love and goodness, allowing us to experience the blending of both beauty and chaos to produce a distinctive life tapestry that has the extraordinary touch of the master on it. So whatever days are ahead, every thread will be sewn into God’s design to create a strong, resolute, unwavering life of faith that enables us to always know and declare best days to come.
Ultimately, without God, it is impossible to truly declare best days to come. It is one of the privileges of knowing God because we have confidence that God already dwells in our future and will work everything according to His purposes. There is nothing in our future He won’t redeem and transform for our best. At the heart of this is a groundswell of hope. Our best days to come are guaranteed. If we take God out of the picture, life would be like plunging headfirst into a godless abyss where our future days are hit and miss. If we plunge without God, the days to come are thrown to the wind and thrash like an untethered, lost kite, making its way through the realm of chance. It is devoid of hope. Without God those best days can feel like the “norm” without disruption and the worst days come up empty, clutching a search lamp, and restlessly looking for meaning. Only God can enable our best days to come as He works in and through every detail and we can make sense of the best and the not so best days.
God is already moving us forward to better things. Although some of our worst days can be difficult, God designed us to flourish in all our days, best and worst. Yet to flourish is not the work of our own hands. It is placing our trust in the master weaver and knowing He will ensure our best days to come. You can trust Him. He’s the master.
So, friends, get your “best day” on today.
Best days to come.
Wen