Need.

I randomly flipped to a poem in Paul David Tripp’s collection My Heart Cries Out: Gospel Meditations for Everyday Life last night. The resonance was profound so I’m sharing it…

Need 
I don't need 
a crystal ball, 
a fortune teller,
a deck of cards,
a charismatic prophet, or
a look at the tea leaves.
I don't need 
to obsess about what's
around the corner,
down the road, or
about to surprise me.
I don't need to fear 
the unplanned,
the unexpected, or 
the unwanted. 
I don't need to 
live in the future, 
worry about what's not yet, or
try to figure out divine secrets.
I don't need to 
wish I could understand what I can't understand
or be paralyzed by what's unknown. 

I can live in the moment,
fight today's battles,
surrender my heart,
love my neighbor,
worship and serve.
I have been blessed by rest - 
rest that comes
not from figuring out the future,
deducing what is coming, and 
solving future mysteries.
No, I rest because the one
who has everything figured out
is my Father,
and he holds me and my future
in the hollow of his hand. 
-Paul David Tripp