Our Everlasting God (Ps. 90:1-2)

Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.
Before the mountains were brought forth,
Or ever You had formed the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
(Psalm 90:1-2, NASB)

Of God’s many attributes, one that I love the most is His eternality. He has always been. And He always will be.

It’s beyond the scope of our human understanding, but God is outside of time. We’re so dependent upon our timepieces. Rightfully so. Our lives would be impossible if we didn’t have time constraints.

Students need to be at class at a certain time. Employees need to arrive at work at a certain time. Church-goers need to be in the pew at a certain time.

Without time, we’d have chaos.

Can you imagine? People just showing up whenever they chose? I teach a class at a local community college, and I have two hours twice a week to help my students learn about writing. If they didn’t know they had to be in class by 8:00 a.m., then I’d be on campus all day trying to say the same things over and over. It gives me a headache just to think about it!

We need our timepieces. We need to know when events or work or class starts.

But God, who gave us time, isn’t so constrained. He is “everlasting to everlasting.” He sees through all eternity. He knows the number of our days. He knows what tragedies are in our future—and what happiness is ours to one day enjoy.

And we can be certain He’ll be with us through whatever comes our way. Because, “everlasting to everlasting, [He is] God.”