Ordained Days

Here's a devotional I wrote for the book, "Grace Moments" (to be released next year) that is relevant to myself and I'm sure many others today:

Ordained Days

Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them.
                            PSALM 139:16

    The details of your circumstances don’t just happen by chance. Before you were born, your Heavenly Father was already intimately acquainted with you. He planned the days of your life before you breathed your first breath. Nothing that happens in your life catches the One who loves you most off guard. He sees what is going on now and He has already orchestrated those events to work together for good in your life.
    To recognize the divinely ordered structure of your lifetime can enable you to avoid needless anxiety over the temporary trials and frustrations that you encounter. As you face trying moments, reaffirm the truth to yourself that everything is under control. Even when things aren’t under your control, remember that they are all under His control.
    To worry is to imagine a future without God in it. It is to act as if you are an orphan with nobody to care for you. Reject such lies. There is Somebody who cares for you and He will see you through the tough times. In fact, He already has the solution worked out. You only need to walk through it by faith.