What is really good for us? Few general observations from the text Each verse (vv. 10-12) can serve as a warning or as wise instruction. 1. Don’t fight God but humbly acknowledge His sovereignty (v. 10). 2. Recognize your finitude (v. 10). 3. Don’t argue against God and contend against His creation and providence (vv. 10-11). 4. Before the Lord, come to terms with your limited foresight and short life (v. 12). Four Applications Remember, we do not face the future without some light. Not in all particulars but sufficient to comfort us. 1. Because we are in Christ, we know that the truth of Rom. 8:28ff. applies to us. 2. Because we are in Christ, we face the future and God’s providence as God’s children. 3. Because we are in Christ, we can lie passive in God’s hand while being active in His work. 4. Because we are in Christ, we know we have to do everything for God’s glory.
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Dr. Mark Herzer has been the pastor of Christ Covenant Presbyterian Church (P.C.A.) in Warminster, PA since 1997. Before this, he was ordained to labor as an Assistant Pastor of Korean United Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia (1992-1995). He received his M.A.R. and Ph. D....
