What Would A Psychic Do?

I was waiting patiently at a traffic light recently when I noticed a sign staked into the ground advertising a psychic reading and providing a phone number. It was a local number and if I could have reached my pen and pad I would have written it down and placed a call. I’ve always wanted to ask a psychic if they had been expecting my call. It would stand to reason that even a mid-level psychic should have that much grasp of the near future. Hey Michael, I knew you’d be calling me. “Get out. There’s no way you knew that. So what’s my favorite color?” Blue. “You’re good!”

Psychics are a sham and this particular would-be-fortune-teller is likely a recession casualty in search of new income. The sad part is business is likely booming. People want to know things about the future and other things that we have no way of knowing. Most people don’t know the capital of North Dakota but think they should know what tomorrow holds. Scripture deals with the false teachers, prophets, magicians and soothsayers who made a living through the deceit of certain future knowledge. We simply do not have a capacity to know the future. The only reality we have is the “right now.” This is the way God designed our lives and why God bids us to renew our relationship each day and seek new and fresh guidance. People don’t need a psychic, they need God. Of course, God doesn’t have a phone number and doesn’t advertise on roadside signs.

What will the future be like? Will this nasty recession end soon? Will the economy regain its legs and bring back jobs and incomes? Will the world-wide problems between people and religious groups calm down? Will we have health and peace as individuals? Will…? So many questions and so few certain answers. That’s life. We may not enjoy all of the uncertainty but it is God’s design and as such must be for our best. So all we can do is seek daily renewal and trust God for the future. And, if we think it would help all of those people who feel the need to call a psychic, we could display a sign that reads I Have the Answer to Your Questions. Call Me. It won’t be what they expect, but it will be what they need.

MM