What would happen to you?

Written by Judy Johnson
March 21, 2008

The other night as I laid on my side of our master bed and I was thinking. Questions went twirling through my mind. What would happen to me if I asked the Lord to show me my future? What if I could be allowed to see the all the different results that would be the end of the several different paths - if I were to choose that path? If I could see would it then be easier to make my decision if I have seen ahead and choose them result that satisfied me.

Suppose I was shown several different results of my choices at the end of each path. I would perhaps became confused, or torn between these choices. Which would I choose of two paths or three paths? Perhaps there would be too many choices that would be shown to me. I might feel scared and not sure which should I take . . I cannot take two different paths at the same time.

Now I may perhaps understand why God does not tell me everything that will happen to me if I choose that path, or the other path. I might feel scared to make any decision for fear of making a terrible mistake. If I had known several different paths, I would have become worried so much and get sick and die. I could not handle the stress of worrying too much.

If I was a child, I would not want to take over the job of parenting. If I took over parenting while I was a little girl, I could not handle the 'adult problems' very well on my own. Let the older parents do the worrying, and let the children play and have good times until they are old enough to take on parenting.

The answer is already given to the question, 'What would happen to you?' It would be best to be blindfolded, and learn to trust the Lord to lead in our life.

I am happy to tell you that I learned something of great value in trusting while being blindfolded. I watched on the TV the other day about a couple who were seated in their van. Their therapist told one driver to put on the blindfold. And, the driver was told to trust his partner telling him which direction he should drive when parking in the parking lot. The partner shouted to the blindfolded male driver,

'Go left, left, left!'

'NO NO NO! Go back a little to the right.'

'Yes, yes! That's right!'

'Oh, there is a post ahead of you on the left. Swerve to the right a little further.'

'Yes, you are doing the right thing.'

'Go, go, very slowly! Now, you are entering the parking zone.'

'Let's drive straight a few more feet. Stop! STOP!'

'There you are! Finally turn to 'P' on your gear stick and park the van now.'

There were several other couples who got messed up when the drivers got confused when listening to the voic. Sometimes the partner was not clear enough, or did not speak soon enough before they hit some post or an other car beside them in the parking lot.

But with God. It is different. God would be patient, speaking in His calm voice. He directs us where we should go even while we are blindfolded to our future. We are to listen to His voice. We must listen very carefully, not going ahead prematurely or getting ourselves hurt. God knows where you are going. Let Him take care of worrying about your future.

God would help us brace for any thing that befalls us. This is a lot less frightening than knowing everything ahead that would further scare us.

Edited by PB