Have you watched the television show Flash Forward?
The premise is that the world’s population experiences a loss of consciousness, during which each person sees a few seconds of their lives a few months into the future.
The show’s lead characters spend each episode investigating the cause of this event and, in the process, discover how their lives intermingle with others’.
One man doesn’t see anything in his “flash forward.” He soon learns that on a certain date, he will be murdered.
Another man, on the verge of ending his life when the flash forward occurs, sees something that gives him hope and purpose. Viewers don’t know exactly what he’s seen yet, but one can surmise that it is good.
A new twist was recently introduced when one of the lead characters decided to change the future by committing suicide. It is his hope that he will spare the life of an innocent woman.
I’ve been mulling over the concept of this show and how it relates to our spiritual lives.
What if we could see into our futures? What would they look like?
Would we see darkness or light?
I realize that these are fictional characters, but I see parallels between their lives and ours’.
Nearly all of the TV characters have a dark past or are living with shame in some form. They long to change the outcome of their lives.
As “real” people, we desire the same things…freedom from the weights that tie us down and the desire to change bad decisions to right the wrongs we’ve done.
And yet, just as I think the characters on the show will come up short, so too do we.
However, we “real” people have a hope that no fictional character will ever have…that of a Savior…an amazing generous God.
Accepting His redemptive work on the cross won’t undo the mistakes in our lives, but it will put us on a new path. This is a path that is not trouble-free, unfortunately. But when we walk with God, we can be assured that we are not alone.
God could have left us floundering, but He changed our destiny (for sin demands payment) and intervened personally in our lives to change the outcome. All we have to do is recognize our need for Him and accept His gift of salvation.
I hope you’ll take a moment to “Flash Forward” to the end of your own life. What will you see as things stand right now? What will you do to change it?
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