Last year, a tv show called "FlashForward" was introduced to the world. Though it is not on air anymore, I watched it every week and loved it. The show began on one sunny day when all over the world, suddenly a blackout hit and everyone was "asleep" for about 2 minutes. Everyone, everywhere, was blacked out. While this blackout was occurring, everybody saw a glimpse of their future. They foresaw where they would be on one particular day, and when they awoke, their entire lives were changed. They woke up with knew knowledge of the future. SOme wondered if it was real. Others wondered how individuals could doubt. Either way, everyone saw something and everyone was changed in some way because of it.
Being able to see the future is something I would bet that everyone desires to do at some point in their lives. What does the future consist of? Where will I be in 5 years? WIll I be happy? Will I be married, kids, wealthy, alone, etc? The list continues. We all wonder and we often all worry. In our case, there is nothing we can do that will change the course of the future. The only thing we can do to change the course of the future is to live it. Unlike in the tv show FlashForward, we cannot be guaranteed that our futures will be one specific way. God has planned out the future of every person in the world to be one specific way. Changing this plan is impossible because we simply just don't have the power. It is inevitable. It is coming.
The tv show really makes me think about my life. In general, what percentage of my thoughts consist of thoughts about the future? I would say that about half my thoughts deal with the life that I have yet to live. Though I cannot change it, it is sometimes comforting to think about it and what it might look like. This is an unpeaceful comfort, however. It makes me question more and more and, sometimes, it makes me doubt and worry. The people in FlashForward lived so scared. The nearer the date got, the more fearful they were of their vision either coming true or not coming true. They wanted to prevent some things while making sure some other things occurred. At the end of the show in the final episode, the audience was able to see that the events that the people saw in their FlashForwards did, inevitably, come to pass. Worrying did nothing. Trying to change it did nothing. It is just like the life we lead. Worrying and working to change things does nothing because our futures are coming regardless of what we do or say. God is in control. His almighty hand is on and over everything. Nothing we can do to change it will work. It is nice to know that His divine comfort will comfort those who trust in His plan. There is freedom in that. There is freedom to do, freedom to be, and freedom to live. Christ is freedom.
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