Have you ever experienced a sense that you knew what was going to happen in the future -- that God was giving you insight, ahead of time, about what you or someone else were going to experience before it happened? Tell us about it.
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King David, in the Psalms, often speaks to God with frustration and anguish. Sometimes he questions God's ways or expresses disappointment with how things are going. Do you think this is a healthy or sinful way to approach the Lord?
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If you were to be able to see or know the future, what things would you NOT want to know? Why?
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What prediction might you make concerning America's future? Spiritually? Economically? About it's influence on the world, or it's potential?
If I were able to see or know the future there are a few things that I would not want to know. First off I would not want to know who I am going to marry. If I knew then I would be trying to find that person and not letting the person that I fall for happen when it happens. I also don't want to know when I will die. The reason for this is if I knew when I was going to die I would be so focused on that that I would not move on with my life. I would be thinking about what i need to get done before I die. Another thing is that I don't want to know where I will be living in the future. This is because I will be worried that I wont be able to see my family and will be nervous about what to do.
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If i were able to see the future I want to know if the path that I am taking with my education will take me in the right path that I want my career to go. Will I end up doing what I want with my degree. I would want to know will have a happy life with my fiance and how many kids we will have.
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If I were able to see or know the future, there is quite a lot of things I don't want to know about. First of all, I don't want to know how my life will be like because basically if I saw my outcome in the future I would know now if I should give up, rather than giving it my all. I would like to help other people with their future but not my own, only because it makes me feel like I would change into a different person trying to accomplish only what I know I can do easily, in other words, finding the easy way out if things. I feel it is best to strive to achieve what you want instead of looking to the future to find the answer.
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I think they way King David expressed himself to the Lord was honest and true. I believe that the Lord desires an intimate relationship with each and everyone of us and he wants us to tell him exactly what is on our hearts. Now I am not saying that complaining to God is healthy but to let god know what we are truly feeling allows a more intimate connection with him.
ReplyDeleteIf I was gifted with knowing what the future had to hold, I would defiantly not want to know anything about who I marry or what my kids are like; but I would love to know exactly how long it took me to figure out what career is best for me and if I am happy with the career I have in the future. Also I want to know how my little sister will turn out and what she ends up doing with her life, as well as how all my cousins lives laid out.
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If I were able to see the future I would only want to see whats going to happen once I'm dead. I wouldn't mind seeing what's going to happen a hundred or more years from now. If I could see what was going to happen in MY future I would feel like it was a curse. I don't want to know where I end up... whether or not I get a good job, who I will marry, what will happen to my family, how I will die.. ect.
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I believe David's way of approaching the Lord is completely healthy. It is natural to question why things happen and to be frustrated with them. I think it is healthy because David still goes to God with these questions; he doesn't turn away from Him or love Him any less. Certain things are put in our lives to cause frustration and anguish, and we cannot change that. God puts them there for a reason; to test us, to strengthen us, etc. He knows what is best for us and therefore understands when we get frustrated. He expects us to come to Him when we need comfort and when we need to be reassured that His love is all that we need. That being said, I think God also knows that we will struggle and we must, but that it is all a part of His plan and it will one day make sense.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the way that David approached God in the Psalms is a perfectly healthy way to do so. It may seem that David is complaining occasionally, but it is in fact a complete outpouring of his heart to the Lord. Naturally, God knows every aspect of our hearts and what we think and feel, but consciously telling God about everything on your mind is an expression of faith and trust, showing that you actually want to share and give everything which you are to Him.
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