Summary: "Where are we going, Dad?" asked Kevin as his father turned a corner. "Wait and see," Dad said with a wink. "Madame Margarite, Spiritualist Reader," Kevin read aloud as they drove past a sign that had recently been put up on Main Street. "Have your fortune told here." "I'd like to know the future," said sixteen-year-old Leah. "Like . . . will Sean ask me to the youth banquet?" "Yeah, it would be cool to know what's going to happen," agreed Kevin. "I'd like to know if I'll pass my math test tomorrow." Dad shook his head. "Fortune tellers don't have the answers," he said. "The Bible warns against going to them. Besides, not knowing what will happen is often a blessing." "Why?" Leah and Kevin asked in unison. "Well . . . suppose we had known last Christmas that Grandma was going to have a stroke the next week. Would you have enjoyed the day?" Dad asked. "No, it would have been sad," answered Leah. "I read about one young man who was told he would die at age sixty-five," Dad said, "so he began living very dangerously--driving like a maniac and taking other kinds of crazy risks. At twenty-eight, he was killed in a car crash." "That wasn't very smart of him," said Kevin. "I think he should have known fortune tellers aren't always right." "Many people base their lives on the false predictions of fortune tellers or horoscopes," Dad replied. "That's very dangerous, not just because they're so often wrong, but because consulting them is something God forbids." "Would going to a fortune teller be walking 'in the counsel of the ungodly'?" asked Leah. "That's in a Psalm I learned." Dad nodded, and Leah squealed in delight as he pulled the car into a parking lot and she saw where they were. She pointed to the sign: Joe's Ice Cream Parlor--Grand Opening! Dad smiled. "You trusted me when you didn't know where I was taking you," he said, "and God wants us to trust Him like that. He wisely hides sorrows and hurts from us, and He lovingly provides many beautiful surprises." How About You? Do you remember the future is in God's control? He says not to worry about what you'll eat or drink or what you'll wear. Don't worry about where you'll live or what will happen in the future. God is the only one who knows. Messages from ouija boards, horoscopes, or any form of fortune telling are part of "the counsel of the ungodly." They are tools of Satan and are condemned by God. Don't trust in them. Instead, trust in the Lord God. He has everything under control. Today's Key Verse: Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly. (Psalm 1:1) Today's Key Thought: Trust God for the future
