uncanny

So much to say...where to begin?!
It seems that everything I read and study in the Bible, and every teaching that I hear directly pertains to my life right now! Including a lot of conversations that I've had with people. It's so awesome, it's how God speaks...because He's amazing.

This week I've been listening to some teachings by Pastor Brian Houston. He was speaking on the power of hindsight, foresight and insight. Of course we all know that hindsight is seeing something after the fact, foresight is seeing something before it happens and insight is seeing into something. Wow. There was so much in this 38 minute podcast, I wish I had a pen and paper, but I was at the gym :)

The challenge is to check where our eyes are looking. Are we looking back? Are we trying to figure out what's ahead? We must lift our eyes above the immediate. God given insight will allow us to see into things and enable us to fulfill kingdom things. If you can acquire godly insight - you can live an uncanny life! Ask God for insight, which is wisdom. You'll find wisdom on the lips of a person of insight, but the shortsighted needs a slap in the face. Proverbs 10:13

Hehe. I love the Bible! Getting old doesn't automatically guarantee you'll have good sense. Experts don't have wisdom cornered. They live according to hindsight; what already was. It won't help you for the future. But insight will. Look into things and see what is ahead. You don't want to look back and say "if only" or "what if".

Here are some interesting comparisons that stuck out to me from this teaching:

1. Hindsight sees results, foresight can see potential. Insight sees the heart.
2. Hindsight believes after its happened, foresight believes before it happens, and insight believes when no one thought it would happen!
3. Hindsight misses opportunity, foresight sees opportunity, insight creates opportunity.
4. Hindsight lives in regrets, foresight lives in hope, insight lives in faith!
5. Hindsight sees what is certain, foresight sees what is possible, insight sees when it is impossible.
6. Hindsight is the word of the fearful, foresight is the word of the courageous, insight is the word of the uncanny.
7. Hindsight knows what everybody knows, foresight knows what few people know, insight knows what nobody knows.

Wow.
So much to work on! And I haven't even mentioned all the rest, what we talked about last weekend, priorities, and tonights lesson. Change is coming. Good thing there is grace.

Again, this is from a teaching from Brian Houston, Hills Church, Sydney Australia. You can find his podcast on itunes, this message is called "Unlocking The Power of Hindsight, Foresight and insight.