Your Future is Already Written

On the side wall of one of our stores, someone has defaced it with graffiti which says…

"The Future is Unwritten."

And I admit, I've used language in the past such as "you can write your own story," but the truth is that your future has already been written and it's an amazing story of happiness in every dimension!

I have no idea what you're going through right now, but I do know that if your situation isn't giving you peace and happiness, you're not living the story that God wrote for you. 

This might be a surprising statement to some who may have been taught that we are tested by God and that without a test, there can be no testimony, which holds some truth, but if you read James 1, he makes it clear that God in incapable of being tempted by what is evil and therefore, He can tempt no one (James 1:13). 

So why do we go through trials? 

To learn!  But now you're contradicting yourself Trish!  But I'm not.  Hear me out …

Verses 14 and 15 of James says "but every person is tempted when he is drawn away (*from the written path onto the unwritten path), enticed and baited by his own evil desire (lust, passions). [15] Then the evil desire, when it has conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is fully matured, brings forth death."  *Emphasis mine.

Death does not mean literally lifeless although ultimately if we keep following that path of disobedience, this will be the end result.  Death in this context means loss of joy, peace, life fulfillment and blessings.

But now I've made you thoroughly depressed, 
I want to paint you a picture of hope for your future!

James 1:17 tells us:  

 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

The Amplified Version says "Every good gift and every perfect (free, large, full) gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of all [that gives] light, in [the shining of] Whom there can be no variation [rising or setting] or shadow cast by His turning [as in an eclipse].

This means that God can, and will, bring light to the darkest of situations if you let Him.  He doesn't have to rewrite your future because the purposes and plans for your life were written before the world began.  When you walk out of God's will, your trials are a means for you to start learning to trust Him again.  (See James 1:1-12).  You may grope around in the dark for a while because you've lost your way, but once you recognise and know that God is Lord of your life, He will begin to shed light on your situation so you can find that (written) path to life and peace again.

And I can assure you, the quicker you learn to trust Him, the sooner your trials will be over so you can move from the unwritten to the written path. 

Blessings until next time,

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