Thanks for stopping by! This is Day 8 of my 2015 “31 Days Reflecting on God” series. Find the rest over here.
Remember what I accomplished in antiquity!
Truly I am God, I have no peer;
I am God, and there is none like me,
who announces the end from the beginning
and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred,
who says, ‘My plan will be realized,
I will accomplish what I desire,’ Isaiah 46:9-10Fear not, I am the first and the last. Revelation 1:17
Confession: I sometimes read the last few pages in a novel or the spoilers of the movie online just because it makes it easier for me to enjoy the rest of the story.
My husband laughs at me because of it.
I don’t care. I like enjoying what I’m taking in rather than frantically turning pages and missing details because I. Have. To. Know. Who. Wins.
When I was a teenager, I used to think, “If I just knew that I would actually get to [fill in the blank] before I die then I could relax and enjoy life.” I’ve actually experienced most of those things already and I do feel a bit more like I can take a breath and savor life…but I think that’s partly due to having learned a lot more about contentment.
What fascinates me about God is his eternality. He has no peer. No one has seen or will see all that he has. In the beginning, he already knew the end. Not of a 700-page novel or a 4-season show, but of thousands of years of time on this earth, and millennia of eternity without end.
And he can see everything that is to come. He accomplishes his plan. What he wants to happen happens. No questions asked.
Enter the fact that he wants my best. Always.
He can see everything beforehand, has planned out my days with the best possible outcome for me, and says strongly, “I will accomplish what I desire.”
On the hard and ugly days it’s difficult to see the end from the beginning. But if I hold onto this truth in faith, he will walk me through my story beginning to end. He not only knows the beginning and the end – he himself is the first and the last.
Nothing can change him. Or move him. Or surprise him. And “in him we live, and move and have our being.” We are secure in his strength.