Mapmakers used the phrase “Here Be Dragons” at the edges of their known world. *
Beyond what they knew, there was danger, there were dragons.
We often think of the future that way. Beyond the edge of our (confident) expectations, we often fear dragons are lurking.
Too often, we focus on dragons, and not on God.
Yet, our Lord God is there in the future. He has control of whatever dragons might be lurking.
Instead of thinking “Here be dragons,” think “God is with me.”
Our challenge is to trust Him for our future as well as our present. (See When Storms Come: Will You Be Ready?)
* At least, that is what I always thought. The truth is different, although there is at least one map (published about 1503) that uses that phrase in that way. See http://www.maphist.nl/extra/herebedragons.html
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