Imagine if you could tell the future! If that was actually possible I think our lives would look a whole lot different. We probably would not make some of the mistakes we make, we would avoid many problems, would hold our tongue a little bit more and would be careful who we associate ourselves with on a daily basis.
If we could tell the future we would stay away from people that would hurt us, people who would stab us in the back, people who would use and abuse us. We would stay away from people who we couldn’t rely on, on people who say one thing to our face but do something totally different when they know we are not around. If I could tell the future I would never have to say I was sorry or ask for forgiveness. In fact if I could tell the future I would not ever have to forgive someone because I would avoid them at all cost. If I could tell the future I would stay away from someone like me!.
The problem is, if I could tell the future, I would miss all those opportunities to become more like Christ. Colossians 2:13 says, “when we were still sinning and doing all kinds of evil leading to our death, God made us alive and forgave us of those things”. God knew we had sinned yet forgave us. However, he knew we would keep on sinning and live a life that would hurt him, reject him, stab him in the back, say one thing to him but do another thing, be inconsistent in our relationship with him and use him for our own ends. Yet, he still gave us life and chose to forgive us!
God can tell the future yet still trusts and loves us like we will never reject or hurt him again. Some people think this is weak! I think it shows just a peak into how strong God really is. I’m glad that even though God can tell the future he chooses to accept me.
No matter what you have done, what you have said or what your motives have been, God’s love and strength has forgiven you, will you choose to accept his life?
