Hindsight is 20-20

““But when the fullness of time had come,

God sent forth his Son, born of woman,

born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law,

so that we might receive adoption as sons.”

Galatians 4:4-6

Who likes a good mystery like Sherlock Holmes or Agatha Christie?

 Who enjoys a treasure hunt?

Who has fun playing charades?

Who remembers a TV Show from the 1950’s where you were required to name a tune after hearing just a few notes?

These all have something in common – the further along you go, whether with a mystery novel, a treasure hunt or a game of charades, the closer you are to arriving at a solution.

What mystery writer supplies the answer on page one?

More often it is at the end of the book isn’t it?

They take you all the way through – building suspicion and suspense perhaps on a particular character and then surprise you at the end by revealing that the ‘butler did it’!

What good is a partially unfolded treasure map?

Buried treasure is discovered at the very end of the hunt and not at step 1. First you have to sail to a remote island, walk 1000 paces from the beach, turn left at the coconut tree and follow the map down a dense jungle path before you are even close!

The solution to a game of Charades is more evident with the more clues that are offered and we can all probably name that tune when 650 notes are played!

In many ways Gods’ actions in our lives may seem like a mystery.

He speaks to us and we catch a glimpse of what He is doing in our life but the rest just isn’t as clear as we would like it to be.

We certainly have been on a journey with God at His Place and while we know that He is faithful we don’t always understand why we are where we are at any given moment.

And yet God knows!

But He doesn’t reveal all of the details ahead of time does He?

We are truly to walk by faith and not by sight!