Can I see the future?

As Promised...
I wanted to know the future. I was making contingency plans. What if this happened? If this happens, then I'll need to do this, and I'll want to do this. But if this happens, then I'll have to do this and this, and Oh, God, what am I gonna do? How do I prepare for all this?

I spent a morning doing this. I will never forget the day. The way I felt. Why I felt that way. At lunch time I picked up my Bible. And because God had been speaking to me so clearly, I avoided where I had been reading and went somewhere else. I went to a book I can't remember reading very often, James.

And read these words in James 1:1-8

1 From James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. To all of God's people who are scattered everywhere in the world: Greetings. 2 My brothers and sisters, when you have many kinds of troubles, you should be full of joy, 3 because you know that these troubles test your faith, and this will give you patience. 4 Let your patience show itself perfectly in what you do. Then you will be perfect and complete and will have everything you need. 5 But if any of you needs wisdom, you should ask God for it. He is generous and enjoys giving to all people, so he will give you wisdom. 6 But when you ask God, you must believe and not doubt. Anyone who doubts is like a wave in the sea, blown up and down by the wind. 7 8 Such doubters are thinking two different things at the same time, and they cannot decide about anything they do. They should not think they will receive anything from the Lord.

Yep, no contingency plans. I believe.