Don't boast about tomorrow ... (Proverbs 27:1)

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  Proverbs 27:1 אַֽל־תִּ֭תְהַלֵּל בְּי֣וֹם מָחָ֑ר כִּ֤י לֹא־תֵ֜דַ֗ע מַה־יֵּ֥לֶד יֽוֹם׃

Proverbs 27:1 Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth.

Yahweh, you highlight how finite and limited my knowledge of the future is to remind me that I am inescapably dependent upon You. You are the One who determines whether I live tomorrow—and today for that matter. You oppose boasting about tomorrow because I have no control over it, have no capacity to guarantee my boasts, and thus all such boasting is empty. Further it is prideful, and You hate pride because it robs me of my greatest good—dependence upon You—and You of your greatest glory—being seen and savored for who You are—the ultimate provider of all good things for your creatures.

Sometimes boasting is a cover for fear. I rejoice this morning that because of you I’m free from the fear of tomorrow. I can rest happily in each day as your provision.

I gladly acknowledge that I don’t know what today may bring forth. You created me to live in and through you, or rather to have life by your living in and through me.

This reminds me, Lord Yahweh, that You do know what a day may give birth to. I commit myself to you in this day. Bring forth from it what will sanctify your name, extend your kingdom, accomplish your will.

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