It was a cool night on October 17, 2004. I remember it like it was four years ago. The Boston Red Sox were down 0-3 to the dreaded New York Yankees in the best-of-seven American League Championship Series. It was on that night the Red Sox began their “Reverse the Curse” campaign. The Sox went on to win four in-a-row and were crowned ALCS Champions. They then went on to sweep the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series. They were Champions once again! It took eighty-six years worth of blood, sweat, and tears but the beloved team of Red Sox Nation finally brought another championship home to their fans.
So does this make God a Red Sox fan? Probably not, but let me live in my own little world, will ya? My twisted little example stems from a recent dinner table conversation with my family. One night our trivial banter of “how was your day today?” turned into a discussion about God. The focus of the discussion turned towards predestination. We have all heard the phrase that everything happens for a reason. Some members of my family believe that God is fully aware ahead of time how everything, everywhere is going to turn out before it, well; …..turns out.
I am not too sure that I can subscribe to this methodology. I think it might be because I am uncomfortable with the feeling of someone knowing what I am going to do even before I do it. I believe in free will as it is described in the Bible. God gave each one of us the ability to act on our own accord and to make our own decisions. In a sense I guess I feel that if God already knows my every move that my will is no longer free.
One could argue that by subscribing to the concept of predestination doesn’t essentially strip one of their free will. Even though God has the script of the real life movies for all of mankind, it doesn’t necessarily mean that he wrote the screenplays. I guess it shouldn’t bother me, but it does. I know God is all powerful and ever living and that the mere 10% I use of my little brain that I cannot even begin to fathom his all knowingness.
So how do I carry on? Quite frankly I forget about it. Not with a conscious effort mind you. It’s just that my short term memory isn’t worth a darn. But every once in awhile this thought skips back into my stream of consciousness and I have to deal with it. One of the big 4 TV networks used to run an ad campaign for their sitcom rerun season which went something like “if you haven’t seen it, then it is new to you.” I guess I should subscribe to this line of thinking. Even if God already knows my every move it shouldn’t matter, because it’s new to me.
God Bless,
Scott
So does this make God a Red Sox fan? Probably not, but let me live in my own little world, will ya? My twisted little example stems from a recent dinner table conversation with my family. One night our trivial banter of “how was your day today?” turned into a discussion about God. The focus of the discussion turned towards predestination. We have all heard the phrase that everything happens for a reason. Some members of my family believe that God is fully aware ahead of time how everything, everywhere is going to turn out before it, well; …..turns out.
I am not too sure that I can subscribe to this methodology. I think it might be because I am uncomfortable with the feeling of someone knowing what I am going to do even before I do it. I believe in free will as it is described in the Bible. God gave each one of us the ability to act on our own accord and to make our own decisions. In a sense I guess I feel that if God already knows my every move that my will is no longer free.
One could argue that by subscribing to the concept of predestination doesn’t essentially strip one of their free will. Even though God has the script of the real life movies for all of mankind, it doesn’t necessarily mean that he wrote the screenplays. I guess it shouldn’t bother me, but it does. I know God is all powerful and ever living and that the mere 10% I use of my little brain that I cannot even begin to fathom his all knowingness.
So how do I carry on? Quite frankly I forget about it. Not with a conscious effort mind you. It’s just that my short term memory isn’t worth a darn. But every once in awhile this thought skips back into my stream of consciousness and I have to deal with it. One of the big 4 TV networks used to run an ad campaign for their sitcom rerun season which went something like “if you haven’t seen it, then it is new to you.” I guess I should subscribe to this line of thinking. Even if God already knows my every move it shouldn’t matter, because it’s new to me.
God Bless,
Scott
1 comments:
"Even if God already knows my every move it shouldn’t matter, because it’s new to me."
Exactly! And He knew you were going to say that!
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