Presuming on the Future, Part 2 (TMF:2137)

Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Peace to Live By: Presuming on the Future, Part 2 (TMF:2137) - Daniel Litton
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       Well, they are presuming on the future. They are assuming that, as Doc Brown taught us in the Back to the Future trilogy, namely the third part, that the course of today will continue into tomorrow. The problem is that, we really don’t know what’s going to happen at any moment after this one, no matter what we really think. To quote Doc Brown again, “[Your] future hasn’t been written yet. No one’s has. Your future is whatever you make it, so make it a good one.” That’s kind of on track to what we’re talking about here. Dr. Brown’s point is that we have freedom, and therefore we have freedom to make choices that directly affect our future, hence, the Law of Liberty. And I would add to that, that in some kind of way we really do not understand, God has bound himself to our freedom. That’s the whole problem with the folks in this passage—the one’s James is talking about. I mean, obviously, since James brings it up, people can and do act like this. They presume upon the future. That’s why James is adding his correction here. The point here is the heart attitude, of course, as it always is in the Bible.