Wondering what high school, college, or your future career will actually look like can feel exciting and terrifying all at the exact same time. Investigating these verses about your future gives a fresh perspective on how to handle the unknown without stressing over every single detail of what's coming next.
Stress builds up fast when you try to figure out your entire life plan right now while you are still just a kid trying to get through middle school. Ancient wisdom suggests that setting a good direction today and trusting a higher plan takes the massive weight of tomorrow completely off your shoulders.
Looking ahead with hope instead of anxiety changes how you approach daily choices and big dreams. Trusting that a solid path is waiting keeps you motivated to work hard and see where your journey leads.
Think about those who are without blame. Look at those who are honest. A man who loves peace will have a tomorrow. Psalm 37:37
But all sinners will be destroyed. Those who are evil won't have a tomorrow. They will be cut off from the land. Psalm 37:38
This God is our God for ever and ever. He will be our guide to the very end. Psalm 48:14
your eyes saw my body even before it was formed. You planned how many days I would live. You wrote down the number of them in your book before I had lived through even one of them. Psalm 139:16
Commit to the Lord everything you do. Then your plans will succeed. Proverbs 16:3
In your heart you plan your life. But the Lord decides where your steps will take you. Proverbs 16:9
Listen to advice and accept what you are taught. In the end you will be wise. Proverbs 19:20
A man may have many plans in his heart. But the Lord's purpose wins out in the end. Proverbs 19:21
There really is hope for you tomorrow. So your hope will not be cut off. Proverbs 23:18
I want you to know that wisdom is sweet to you. If you find it, there is hope for you tomorrow. So your hope will not be cut off. Proverbs 24:14
Where there is no message from God, the people don't control themselves. But blessed are those who obey the law. Proverbs 29:18
The end of a matter is better than its beginning. So it's better to be patient than proud. Ecclesiastes 7:8
Young man, be happy while you are still young. Let your heart be joyful while you are still strong. Do what your heart tells you to do. Go after what your eyes look at. But I want you to know that God will judge you for everything you do. Ecclesiastes 11:9
Everything has now been heard. And here's the final thing I want to say. Have respect for God and obey his commandments. That's what everyone should do. Ecclesiastes 12:13
So do not be afraid. I am with you. Do not be terrified. I am your God. I will make you strong and help you. My powerful right hand will take good care of you. I always do what is right. Isaiah 41:10
Before something even happens, I announce how it will end. In fact, from times long ago I announced what was still to come. I say, 'My plan will succeed. I will do anything I want to do.' Isaiah 46:10
But no weapon that is used against you will succeed. People might bring charges against you. But you will prove that they are wrong. Those are the things I do for my servants. I make everything right for them," announces the Lord. Isaiah 54:17
"I know the plans I have for you," announces the Lord. "I want you to enjoy success. I do not plan to harm you. I will give you hope for the years to come. Jeremiah 29:11
So I am giving you hope for the years to come," announces the Lord. "Your children will return to their own land. Jeremiah 31:17
I say to myself, "The Lord is everything I will ever need. So I will put my hope in him." Lamentations 3:24
The Lord is good to those who put their hope in him. He is good to those who look to him. Lamentations 3:25
It is good when people wait quietly for the Lord to save them. Lamentations 3:26
"But there is a God in heaven who can explain mysteries. Nebuchadnezzar, he has shown you what is going to happen. Here is what you dreamed. And here are the visions that passed through your mind while you were lying on your bed. Daniel 2:28
"Daniel, go on your way until the end. Your body will rest in the grave. Then at the end of the days you will rise from the dead. And you will receive what God has appointed for you." Daniel 12:13
"Your seeds will grow well. Your vines will bear fruit. The ground will produce crops for you. And the heavens will drop their dew on your land. I will give all of those things to those who are still left alive here. Zechariah 8:12
"So don't worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 6:34
What we are suffering now is nothing compared with the glory that will be shown in us. Romans 8:18
We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him. He appointed them to be saved in keeping with his purpose. Romans 8:28
It is written, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has known what God has prepared for those who love him." --(Isaiah 64:4) 1 Corinthians 2:9
Now we see only a dim likeness of things. It is as if we were seeing them in a mirror. But someday we will see clearly. We will see face to face. What I know now is not complete. But someday I will know completely, just as God knows me completely. 1 Corinthians 13:12
Our troubles are small. They last only for a short time. But they are earning for us a glory that will last forever. It is greater than all our troubles. 2 Corinthians 4:17
I am sure that the One who began a good work in you will carry it on until it is completed. That will be on the day Christ Jesus returns. Philippians 1:6
Brothers and sisters, I don't consider that I have taken hold of it yet. But here is the one thing I do. I forget what is behind me. I push hard toward what is ahead of me. Philippians 3:13
I move on toward the goal to win the prize. God has appointed me to win it. The heavenly prize is Christ Jesus himself. Philippians 3:14
Your faith and love are based on the hope you have. What you hope for is stored up for you in heaven. You have already heard about it. You were told about it when the message of truth was given to you. I'm talking about the good news Colossians 1:5
The Lord himself will come down from heaven. We will hear a loud command. We will hear the voice of the leader of the angels. We will hear a blast from God's trumpet. Many who believe in Christ will have died already. They will rise first. 1 Thessalonians 4:16
After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them. We will be taken up in the clouds. We will meet the Lord in the air. And we will be with him forever. 1 Thessalonians 4:17
Training the body has some value. But being godly has value in every way. It promises help for the life you are now living and the life to come. 1 Timothy 4:8
In that way they will put riches away for themselves. It will provide a firm basis for the next life. Then they will take hold of the life that really is life. 1 Timothy 6:19
Faith is being sure of what we hope for. It is being certain of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1
Here we do not have a city that lasts. But we are looking for the city that is going to come. Hebrews 13:14
Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city. We will spend a year there. We will buy and sell and make money." James 4:13
You don't even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist that appears for a little while. Then it disappears. James 4:14
Instead, you should say, "If it pleases the Lord, we will live and do this or that." James 4:15
Give praise to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In his great mercy he has given us a new birth and a hope that is alive. It is alive because Jesus Christ rose from the dead. 1 Peter 1:3
He has given us new birth so that we might share in what belongs to him. It is a gift that can never be destroyed. It can never spoil or even fade away. It is kept in heaven for you. 1 Peter 1:4
Dear friends, now we are children of God. He still hasn't let us know what we will be. But we know that when Christ appears, we will be like him. We will see him as he really is. 1 John 3:2
Count all of the men who are able to serve in the army. They must be 20 years old or more. I want you and Aaron to make a list of them company by company. Numbers 1:3
The people of Israel traveled from Mount Hor along the way to the Red Sea. They wanted to go around Edom. But they grew tired on the way. Numbers 21:4