Que sera, sera. Whatever will be will be. The future’s not ours to see. Que sera, sera.
So crooned Doris day in the 1956 remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much.
In the song a girl contemplates the future, inquiring of her mother, “Will I be pretty?” As an adult, she asks her sweetheart what will come in the future…“will we have rainbows day after day?”
The answer she gets? Don’t worry about it…we can’t know the future. Que sera, sera. Whatever will be will be. The future’s not ours to see. What will happen, will happen. There’s nothing you can do about it.
These lyrics became an instant hit and catapulted the already successful actress further into stardom, even becoming the theme music for the Doris Day Show. Why? Maybe because they touched one of the deepest questions of mankind: what will happen in the future?
Most of us have some interest in the future. We enjoy movies about time travel. Some folks pay visits to fortune-tellers. Most likely you have considered what happens after death. Maybe you even dared to read the book of Revelation.
The book of Revelation is arguably one of the most fascinating and misunderstood books in the Bible. In it we discover bizarre creatures, horrifying prophecies, and unparalleled beauty. The most captivating of all, though, is that God has peeled back the veil of time and allowed us to see what is coming.
It seems inappropriate to read this captivating account, then close the Bible and declare, “Que sera, sera, whatever will be, will be.” No, the future is ours to see. God made sure of that. But why? I think it is because while we cannot change the events that are to come, we can change the part we play in them.
This week (Sunday @ 6) I will begin preaching through the book of Revelation in an attempt to decipher what God wants us to learn from this captivating book. I plan to compose a condensed synopsis each week here as part of my articles I entitle “Connections: Relating the Bible to Everyday Life.” I hope it will be a blessing for you!
This post is part of Whatever Will Be, Will Be, And What You Can do About It, a series on Revelation.
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