Monday, April 21, 2014

From Everlasting to Everlasting (Psalm 90:1-2)



Today's scripture: Psalm 90:1-2

Of God’s many attributes, one that I love the most is the fact that He is eternal. 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.

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 used to teach a class at a local community college, and I had 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. and just showed up whenever they felt like it, then I would have had to 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.

W
e can be certain He’ll be with us through whatever comes our way because, “everlasting to everlasting, He is our God.”

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