Future Sight

But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving Spirit) comes, He will guide you into all the Truth (the whole, full Truth). For He will not speak His own message [on His own authority]; but He will tell whatever He hears [from the Father; He will give the message that has been given to Him], and He will announce and declare to you the things that are to come [that will happen in the future]. John 16:13 (Amplified Bible Classic Edition, AMPC) emphasis mine

See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare; before they spring into being I announce them to you.” Isaiah 42:9 (New International Version, NIV) emphasis mine

God does not want to keep us in the dark about events that are coming our way. He clearly states in His Word that He gives us advance knowledge about the future. When we say things like, “Well, you never know what God’s going to do,” we are ignoring these Scriptures. The truth is that we CAN know what God’s going to do because, according to His Word, He will tell us before He does it.

God wants us to come to Him for knowledge and understanding of both current events and future ones. He wants us to be aware of things that are ahead of us so we can be prepared. He will tell us about future attacks so we can pray and possibly prevent their occurrence or to lessen the effects of them. And He wants to give us insight into future opportunities for blessing and increase so we can take steps to receive the coming harvest. Having God’s information about the future is intended to give His children an advantage over unbelievers.

Holy Spirit will speak to every believer to give them advance knowledge of the future, plus He uses specific people who are called to the office of the prophet. Prophets are people that God has called to routinely operate in prophetic utterances to tell the Body of Christ what will happen in the days to come, plus they are called to decree God’s message to leaders and governmental authorities. Sometimes prophets bring announcements of future blessing to the faithful, and sometimes they bring warnings and decrees of coming judgment to those who refuse to follow the Lord’s instruction. Prophets are an extremely important instrument of the Lord to show us the future.

Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets. Amos 3:7 (New International Version, NIV)

Don’t shun the prophetic. God still tells His children about what is headed their way if they will seek Him and listen to His voice. We can ask God to show us things to come, and He will. God takes delight in giving His children future sight.