Symbol: Driving,
coming up on a distant landscape.
Lesson: Hindsight
is better than foresight.
Illustration:
As we are coming up on something in the distance, whether it be a town, a farm,
or something else, we might find ourselves thinking, “I think I see what it
is.” Even as we pass through it, we may still find ourselves trying to
determine features about it. However, after having gone through it, we may
finally have a good idea.
Similarly, on this side of an
unfulfilled prophecy, we may think we have an idea of how it will unfold, turn
out. Even as the prophecy is being fulfilled, we may not completely realize or
appreciate it. It is not until we are on the other side, where it is now a
fulfilled prophecy that we find ourselves thinking, “Oh! Yes, that makes
perfect sense. I wonder how I didn’t see it in the first place.”
Notes: Even with personal decisions that may have us baffled, confused, and uncertain, it is usually after the situation has played out that we, in hindsight, say, "I wish I would have handled this differently." But this is not the case with God. He knows exactly how to handle things for everyone's best interests. His foresight is just as clear & certain as his hindsight.
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