Once I saw this movie which had a great twist ending that I couldn't have predicted, and the movie was so good that I convinced a friend to see it, and I sat with her as she watched it all for the very first time, on the edge of her seat as I had been. As it came to a close, it was plain that she could barely stand the suspense and to ease her anxiety, I said, "Don't worry--he doesn't leave."
She turned to me, surprised and perplexed, and asked, "How do you know that?"
"Because I've already seen it."
"You're going to prevent him from leaving?"
"Of course not. I just know that he doesn't leave because I've already seen it."
"But if you know what's going to happen, that must mean you're making it happen."
"What are you talking about? How could I possibly make it happen? It's a movie! I watched it before you got here. I've ALREADY SEEN IT. I'm not making anything happen!"
"It's not fair! How can they be responsible for anything they've done when you already knew what was going to happen before it started?"
"Are you insane? Why can't you understand that I only know because I've already SEEN it???"
That's a ridiculous conversation. And a fictional one. Why would I ruin a movie for a friend? And why would I have a friend that was so unclear about the difference between reality and fantasy?
But sometimes I wonder if that is how God feels when He hears us debating the "fairness" of Him knowing the end of the story before it gets here for us. The "fairness" of His announcement--before they were born--that the firstborn son would serve the second. We question our free will and we question the validity of our own choices and maybe He's just saying, "What can you mean? I've already seen it."
Thursday, February 11, 2010
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