“My times are in Thy hand” (Psalm 31:15).

Yesterday I left you with somewhat of a cliffhanger. You may remember that Hunter received an email at work letting him know that he was to report to a meeting on the third floor with his manager and his manager’s supervisors the next morning at 9 o’clock. He and his wife, Rachel, prayed about this meeting and claimed the promise that Hunter was in the Lord’s hands. Hunter had done his very best at his job. He worked hard and asked the Lord to give him wisdom to work in such a way as to be a good testimony. He was very apprehensive as he rode the rapid transit train into the city that next morning. Just before he entered that meeting, you might remember that Hunter claimed the promise, “My times are in Thy hand.” Everyone sat down at the conference table. Mr. Wellington stood and said, “Hunter, you may be wondering why we asked you to come to this meeting. I hope we didn’t make you too nervous overnight! You know our company has been going through some difficult times lately, and we have had to downsize. But we’ve been watching you. We would like to invite you to become one of the managing supervisors over three different departments in our business. We like the way you work and would very much like to welcome you as one of our managers. Think it over and let us know within the next week.” Hunter shook the hands of each of the supervisors and left that meeting wanting to do cartwheels! However he thought to himself, “Probably it would not be suitable for one of the managers to be doing cartwheels down the hallway!” He could hardly wait to get to his phone to call home to his wife, Rachel. Sometimes the situation does not turn out to be as happy and as exciting as it was for Hunter that day. But either way, as a believer, our life is in the Lord’s hand. We can trust Him.

For today: “Trust and obey, for there’s no other way to be happy in Jesus but to trust and obey.” The hymn writer was so right!