all my days are sure?

I found myself singing one of my favorite songs in the car the other day, Faithful God by Gateway Worship.

It starts out a little slow but the chorus is what makes it one of my favorites! As I was belting it out I was singing the part that says, "Faithful God, You hold my life secure and all my days are sure..." I sang that part over and over, thinking about how my future is completely in God's sovereign hands. I felt better knowing that 'all my days are sure.' Then I stopped. All my days are sure? 

Here is what the word 'sure' means- 'confident, certain beyond question, reliable, stable.' I didn't remember that ever being a promise of God. No where in the Bible does it say that my future is promised to be stable, or that I can even be certain I will have a future. In fact, it says the opposite. James 4:13-15 says in the Message: "And now I have a word for you who brashly announce, “Today—at the latest, tomorrow—we’re off to such and such a city for the year. We’re going to start a business and make a lot of money.” You don’t know the first thing about tomorrow. You’re nothing but a wisp of fog, catching a brief bit of sun before disappearing. Instead, make it a habit to say, “If the Master wills it and we’re still alive, we’ll do this or that.”

So I started the song over and realized that I had been singing it allllll wrong. Though I was only one word off, it made a world of difference. The correct words say,"Faithful God, You hold my life secure and all my days are YOURS." Wow. What a difference between my future being sure and my future being God's. If all my days were sure that would probably mean finding security by the world's standards: in a nice house, a fancy car, and a pretty baby to stay home with.  

But what I've learned in my adventures with God is that most times, I don't even know what tomorrow will bring. He's an upside down, backwards, counter-cultural, sovereign God. He likes to do things in a way so only He can get the glory. Very few things in life are sure with God because He's the only sure thing. He is my Confidant. One thing that I can be certain of beyond question. He is reliable and He is stable.

I'm glad I learned the correct words to that song. I'd trade a glamorous house, expensive car, and even a Gerber baby with an unsure future any day if that meant waking up sure of my God.