So, random topic of the day: the Bourne movies. I am not sure why they have been on my mind, since I haven't seen them in quite a while, but I my thoughts keep coming around to the same aspect of them. Each of those movies has at least one moment where the main character totally amazes those who he is speaking to (usually by phone) with a very simple statement. Usually it is something that reveals he is intimately aware of things that are going on, when they least suspect it. ("She is standing right next to you") Usually it betrays the fact that he is looking right at them, when they believe they have complete privacy. ("You should get some rest, you're looking tired") While his statements can be a useful means of intimidating his adversaries, at a certain level, he is totally showing off. ("If you were in your office, we would be having this conversation face to face")
Although the opportunity doesn't frequently present itself, I love it when I can successfully pull off a Bourne Moment. Mine never happen over the phone, because then I wouldn't get to see the look on their faces. (Besides the fact that I am not a big fan of phone conversations, and don't go around spying on people like that.) Usually they are initiated by someone saying something like: "You would never guess," followed by me summarizing whatever I know about that situation. I can't even describe how much amusement I derive from those occasions.
I am a big fan of Sherlock Holmes books (and movie, TV shows, etc.) for similar reason. Usually the observations and deductions involved in those stories leave the characters (and the reader) totally surprised and amazed. In a similar fashion, I am a fairly observant individual, leading to an awareness of many things that other people would never suspect. That is usually what sets me up to take advantage of those opportunities when they present themselves.
Sometimes I know things that take a long series of steps to really explain how I figured them out. Other times I am aware of things, and have no explanation for how I possibly could have known them. This used to be troubling to me, primarily because I didn't understand how it could happen. Now I recognize that God can be the source of those ideas and bits of knowledge. I am never conscious of him communicating those things to me, they just sort of show up among the things I remember knowing, with no explanation. It can be related to the concept of prophesy, but it is not necessarily associated with things in the future, although it can be on occasion. Realizing that prophesy is not necessarily about the future either was kind of the turning point in my understanding of how these things all fit together.
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