day 2936: Collective Predictive Models

“If the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second covenant to replace it.”

One of the things that happens to us, that we don’t even know, is that the results we receive from search queries or advice we might get from an App is not based on a singular definitive source, but instead, the collection of predictive data from many sources that has been analyzed by the “machine” to provide the “best” or most considered outcome. There is nothing wrong with that if we are still after taking in that information making our own independent decisions.  We can think of it this way, reasoning is the currency and decision making is the outcome.  The question we must continue to ask ourselves and remain disciplined to is not just blindly accepting the collective advice or information as “our” answer or “our” decision.

I was reading in Hebrews Chapter 8 that God changed the Covenants, eliminating the past to make way for what would be forthcoming in Jesus. What I love is that our God is also a God of improvement and He has collected the data of all people from Day One and His model of the world adapted to make it better for all of us.  We can trust on His predictions and the analysis He has made for all of us and for each one of us individually.  And, we can follow his model by making sure that what we decide in our lives follows His lead.

Reference: Hebrews 8:7 (New Living Translation)