By Kevin Shrum
Pastor, Inglewood Baptist Church, Nashville
Question: If you could know exactly what was going to happen tomorrow, would you want to know?
Some might say, “Yes, I would want to know so that I could better prepare for what is coming my way.” Others might say, “No, I don’t want to know because knowing would increase my anxiety and stymie my faith.”
We cannot know the future. Yet we serve a God who knows the future. He is omniscient – He knows all things about all things past, present, and future. He not only knows the future, but He “makes” and “designs” the future so that His purposes might be accomplished. As Daniel 7:21 states that God “changes times and seasons; He removes kings and sets up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.” As the old saying goes, “Has it ever occurred to you that nothing has ever occurred to God?” [Read more…]


