We all know these words. "To Be Continued" are debatably the 3 worst words in modern America. Nothing crushes a great TV episode quite like a mandatory waiting period.
TV shows nowadays have a way of getting you to form theories, predict endings, and heighten your hopes like never before. You have a big "plan" of sorts for how you think it may end, only to be left with these three resounding words echoing in mysterious despair.
Why am I going on about TV shows, you ask? There is actually a very good reason (and it's not just because I like TV...). Just like an audience watching an episode of their favorite show, God looks down on humanity, waiting - hoping earnestly - for His own plan to be fulfilled. Except unlike an audience, God has power over the outcome.
God looks down on the lives of His children, piecing together every one of our problems to evolve into a magnificent climax that could make even a grown man shed a tear or two in delight.*
But where does this "To Be Continued" phrase come into play? As God watches and guides our lives, sometimes we don't see His big plan. Sometimes we want to put the brakes on things and say "Wait a minute God, can we just stop here and come back a little later?"
The problem is, we push things off without realizing that God is piecing it all together into His wonderful plan. We need to stop trying to force our own twists into God's holy "plot", and just allow the great Director of our life's film to piece together the ending that will blow our minds.
Don't label God's plan with a simple "To Be Continued." No one likes those words. And remember this: neither does He.
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*"And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose." (Romans 8:28)