If you are like me, you love a good movie or television episode involving time travel. The usual plot is to correct something that has gone wrong or to make it better. While we don’t experience time travel in the physical realm, we often revisit the past with our thoughts, both good and bad. Unlike those time travel shows, however, we can do nothing to change our past, relive a pleasant memory, or change a bad decision we made when we were younger. Paul says it best in scripture.

Philippians 3:13-14 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider that I have made it my own yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the heavenly prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

You see, Paul tells us to focus on what lies ahead. That means that we are to look at the future God has planned for us! Too many times we travel back in time at the “what if”‘s, the “should have”‘s, and the “life was better back then”‘s. But if we focus on these things, then our eyes are no longer focused on Christ and what He has for us, but rather on ourselves. God has great things in store for us!

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans and thoughts that I have for you,’ says the Lord, ‘plans for peace and well-being and not for disaster to give you a future and a hope.

So, let’s use the time travel technology of our thought life and see the things God has for us. While we can’t change the past, we can shape our future! How do we do this? Through speaking the Word. Paul tells us that Abraham did this.

Romans 4:17-18 as it is written in Scripture, “I have made you a father of many nations” in the sight of Him in whom he believed, that is, God who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist. In hope against hope Abraham believed that he would become a father of many nations, as he had been promised by God: “So numberless shall your descendants be.”

So, it is possible to shape your future! I’m not talking about a bunch of kooky mambo jumbo. I’m talking about a life based on the Word of God. Your future is filled with healing and health because the Bible says, “by His stripes you are healed” (Isaiah 53:5). Your future is filled with prosperity because the Bible says, “God shall supply all your needs by His riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19). Your future is filled with joy because the Bible says, “the joy of the Lord is your strength” (Nehemiah 8:10). Your future is filled with peace because the Bible says, “my (Jesus) peace I leave with you” (John 14:27). Your future is filled with all the good things that God promises in His Word. Therefore, be a time traveler to the future things God has in store for you by focusing on the author and finisher of our faith, Jesus Christ. I guarantee that He will take you places that you’ve never been before!