I was at a friend's home last night and we read a wonderful passage from Colossians that has recently come to life inside me!  "...the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and generations, but has now been manifested to His saints, to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory."

The very mention of the name Jesus brings to many mystery and question.  If you have not experienced a relationship with Jesus, the idea might raise caution and doubt.  Likewise eternal things, future plans and the supernatural all bring a sense of unknown and sometimes fear to most of us.  Many details about our futures are unknown and unpredictable.  We like to plan and find security in trying to arrange them, and there are in fact a few things we can do to that end.  However, in reality many factors can change even the best plans and speculations about our tomorrows.

I have discovered that the very best kind of hope for my today and tomorrow comes from putting my trust and confidence in the only ONE who knows tomorrow!  Our God who provided a plan for our today, has also made arrangements for our tomorrows if we will but entrust our lives and future to Him.  Our hope is no longer a mystery when it is in Jesus, who paid an ultimate price to ensure it!  He defeated and cancelled our destruction and demise by enduring life on earth and death on a cross.  What a glorious story it is - and as if the story of Jesus wasn't enough, there is so much more to come!

Knowing Him assures us of eternal life.  No matter what our past or present has been like, we can invest and count on a forever future when we allow Him to be in charge of our lives.  It does require a heart submitted and offered to His charge, but it is worth every ounce of surrender!

That great mystery that most of us have felt about Jesus is in reality, the HOPE of glory for our today and our future!  This photo was taken from the inside of a very old log cabin that sits below a very updated and beautiful courthouse in the small city of Potosi.  I am sure the early pioneers of the town did not know what to expect for their future as many pursued a career in mining the minerals in the ground in the area.  Their natural futures were a mystery.  But I bet some of those settlers knew the HOPE of glory in Jesus!  He is the thread of our past that goes back to the beginning of mankind and has not lost popularity or promise through today!  That rainbow will continue to push its way into tomorrow and provide a heavenly future for all who will grasp its "pot of gold" that comes at the return of Jesus to the earth.

I encourage each to taste and see what this "rainbow" of promise provides and secures!