Knowing what God knows

"In your distress, when all these things have happened to you in time to come, you will return to the Lord your God and heed him." - Deuteronomy 4:30

Dear Friends in Christ -

Have you ever asked God to tell you about the future? I have. I went through a period of time some years back when I asked, begged, cajoled, and pleaded for God to reveal things to me. I thought that more information would enable me to make better choices. Really, I just trusted myself more than I trusted God.

Of course, God has had people ask him for this sort of thing before . . . a lot, in fact! In this passage of Deuteronomy, God even responds to this request in the affirmative: God tells the Israelites not only that they're going to make it to the Promised Land, but also what's going to happen when they get there. Unfortunately, it's not good news. God tells them that when they get there they will be rebellious and disobedient - and they'll suffer for it. Obviously, this is not what the people had hoped to hear!

Perhaps God doesn't answer our questions about the future more often because if we stop to think about it, we already know the answers:
1. We're going to make some mistakes.
2. No matter what, God will be with us.

So now, knowing what God knows, could you, would you trust Him more?

Faithfully,
Janet+