“Yet I want your will will not mine.”

I read with great curiosity of the new company, “300” and what it is supposed to do for the music industry.  Founded by longtime music executive, Lyor Cohen, the idea is that 300 will mine Twitter’s database of tweets and that information will play the role of a music A&R person who scouts for the next big hits, trends, bands or artists of interest.  It’s like listening in on the conversations of people streaming out of a nightclub after hearing a new band and seeing what they are saying, who they are telling, and what they think. Will it work?  Who knows.  I tend to think that what people talk about on Twitter is more negative than positive, so maybe it will help negate false positives better than the random process today of discovering new artists and music.  What this boils down to is another “better way” to predict the future.  We all want the data, science and ability to do so for our businesses, that is why we spend all that money and time on surveying and research.  At the end of the day, data does matter and the future is many times found within the unknown that can’t be predicted any other way.

How assuring and comforting it is to know what our future with Christ will be.  God’s Word is clear on how we will spend eternal life with Him. If we use that as our end point and then work ourselves backward to today, then it becomes much clearer on what our priorities and daily undertakings should consist. As we look at the calendars in front of us today and we compare what we have planned and what we think God has in His will for us, where are the conflicts?  Remove one or all of those conflicts today and you will find that your walk with Him will deepen and strengthen.  Our future is predicted and secure for us.  Our daily walk is now up to us.

Reference: Matthew 26:39 (New Living Translation)