People are naturally curious—especially about the future. We want to know what’s going to happen—who will win and lose, and if tomorrow will be better or worse than today and yesterday. Prediction markets put a price on the answers to those questions. As the winds shift and the news changes, the stakes seem to grow higher and higher. The Bible doesn’t give us all the details about the future, but it does tell us what we really need to know. Christ will return to judge the living and the dead, and he will bring his own to be with him for eternity. Today, as we are strengthened by God’s Word, we contemplate a different question. Not what will happen in the end, but how shall we live while we wait? The day of the Lord isn’t something we can put on our calendars. But we know, on that day, our God will be in full control. We can wait faithfully—prepared and nourished by God’s holy and precious promises. We can wait hopefully—knowing that God is faithful to us always. Knowing when is not nearly as important as knowing him. And we can know that Christ is our Lord and Savior.
