Article November 3, 1986 Issue

Back to the present

"I wish I had." "I wish I could."
These are not the messages
of Christianity—where the present
is full of possibilities.

Sam L. Hornbeak

In a recent whimsical and popular American film, Back to the Future, a teen-ager is sent back in time some thirty years; there he meets his parents when they too were teens. His experiences with them actually alter the future, changing the lives of his entire family for the better.

Most of us have wished at times that we could go back and redo our past experiences in this manner or go forward in order to know how to direct our present experience. Such daydreaming may be fun to think about, but it yields zero benefits to our spiritual growth.

Only by awakening to God's direction in our lives and by listening and acting in obedience to Him can we find the power that transforms. This awakening is far more thrilling than the illusory journeys through time and space that we make in daydreams. In fact, such an awakening can only be the result of divine inspiration, coming directly to us from God, who is Mind.

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