By definition, the future is not yet here. No matter how much you try to know it and secure it, there are many potential unknowns. If you don’t have the certainty of God being with you in the future, how do you approach it? At best you can try to be optimistic - identifying things that give you some sense of security … even excitement. At worst, the future is a very scary place, fraught with insecurity and full of fear.

But the hope God gives is always about sure things. It is not about what might take place, but what will take place. “…faith is being sure of what we hope for”.