Questions About Your Future

As many of you know, I am married to Barbara Walters (well at least a Barbara wannabee). Rhonda loves asking questions and loves to find out what kind of life events have gone into forming the person she has just met. She is an inquiring mind and as the saying goes "Inquiring minds want to know!".

So the other day, we began discussing this whole process of asking people questions about their past and it was during that conversation that I realized that we are a culture obsessed with each others history. For instance, what's the first thing you do when you meet someone new? (Something we have done a lot of over the past 2 months), we start into a barrage of questions that are orientated in their past!

"Where are you from?", "What did you do before you came to IHOP?", "What kind of church did you come from?", "What was your family like growing up?", "Have you ever seen/heard things like this before?"

And the list goes on and on...we love asking questions about peoples history because it helps us form a picture in our minds of who they are. But here's the question that has been raised for me; am I defined by my past or by my future?

The Word says that I am a new creation, that the old has passed away and that the new has come! It also says that my sins will be remembered no more and that He has plans for a hope and a future.

To me it seems that God is a lot more future orientated then I am.

He loves me in spite of what I've done and defines me by who I will become. He died for me not because I was righteous but because He knew He would make me righteous. He calls me to endure under trials so that I will obtain the rewards of the future life, but my most favourite is the truth that the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of prophecy! He is constantly focusing His speech on the things to come.

So this is my desire, that I would become a person who is more interested in others future than their past. Trading in my backward-facing questions for a future orientated pursuit.

Wouldn't it be fun to have someone ask you questions like "What's the dream of your heart?", "What do you see yourself doing in eternity?", "Who has God said you will be?", "What do you think your emotions will be when Jesus answers your prayers for healing/provision?".

I think that sounds like a lot of fun!

So let's do it! All of my secret blog readers (who are too shy to post a comment!), I would like to know what your future looks like? Who has God promised you will be? What will you be doing in eternity? What do you think you'll do when God gives you that long awaited answer to your prayer?

I'd love to get to know you from a new perspective, in light of your future glory.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Jon