One Sunday when I was growing up, our pastor preached a sermon on the return of Christ. I remember it being a powerful message and they way he shared it, it seemed like Christ was coming that very night. While I very much wanted to go in the rapture of the church, I remember sitting in my pew a little concerned. I began to daydream about my future. I was kind of hoping Jesus wouldn’t come back right way because I had plans for my future. I remember thinking there are two things I want to do first. I want to get my driver’s license and I want to have a girlfriend. I can look back now and laugh about my teenage dreams for the future, but I have discovered that my thoughts for the future have never stopped. I’m guessing yours haven’t either.We think about what happens after graduation, and then it’s what happens after college? Then we wonder what the future holds for a career, and marriage, and family. What happens next. Our thoughts are always looking forward towards the future.Corrie Ten Boom: Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.In Ephesians chapter three, Paul prays for God’s plan for the Ephesian church to be fulfilled. He is praying for their future. Here’s what he prayed…Ephesians 3:14-19 - “For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”There are some things you and I can learn from this prayer as we trust God for our future.We can face the future because God will strengthen us with power, in our inner being.“I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being” (Ephesians 3:16)This strength that Paul asks for us is not a strength that we “muster up”. It is a strength that comes from the power of God’s Spirit. In addition to strength for the future, Paul prayed that the Ephesian church would experience a deeper level of His love.Paul prays that we might be governed by love in order that we will begin “to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge”God’s goal for our future is that our lives would be full of Him.“…and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” (Ephesians 3:19)This is the whole goal of the Christian life. The word for “filled” has the idea of being dominated by something. If you are filled with rage, then rage will dominate your life. If you are filled with love, then love dominates your life. If you are filled with joy, then joy dominates your life. When you are filled with God, then God himself will dominate your life. It pictures the total transformation of the human personality by virtue of the presence of God in your life. This is an amazing thought—to be filled up with all the fullness of God.  As believers we have been created to be the containers of God. He desires to pour his life into ours and to fill us until we’re full.In summary, Paul tells us we can face the future because God will strengthen us with his power and his plan for our future is that we will have deeper and fuller knowledge of Christ. Today’s Challenge: Confess your fears and worries of the future to God. Put your trust in Him. Let’s focus on knowing him more and believe he will guide our future, one step at a time.

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