Time, that pesky thing that drives us to distraction.
In the morning, there never seems to be enough. We rush and rush, and still, the clock hands move faster than we do.
Then we visit the dentist’s office. The hands on the clock slow to a crawl. What? Don’t they know we’ve got to be back in the office in thirty minutes? Let’s get this done!
We can easily forget God’s view of time and the nature of who we are. Our mornings, our visits to the dentist’s office … all are a blink in God’s grand scheme.
Psalm 56:4 gives us a view into our eternal nature in Christ:
“In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?”
Two simple sentences but a whole volume of meaning. Let’s unlock it.
Key No. 1:
In God, whose word I praise.
There are three truths here. Truth #1: In God. Everything. All creation. Us, them, every moment of every day. It is all in God. Truth #2: Whose word. He speaks, and creation happens. The words of his mouth are our reality. Truth #3. I praise. When we lift our voices in praise to him, we are giving God value for his lovingkindness toward us.
Key No. 2:
In God I trust and am not afraid.
Our first part says: In God I trust. That means with everything. Our finances, our relationships, every part of who we are. The final part says: I am not afraid. No fear, no worries, no sleepless nights. In him we feel secure, complete, comforted.
Key No. 3:
What can mere mortals do to me?
We are the children of the eternal God, the creator of all that was, is, and shall be. When we come to Christ and find our salvation in him, we are established as more than human, with an eternal destiny to live forever with him. What can mortals do to destroy that eternal connection with the God of the cosmos?
So, time. It will continue to be a hassle in the short view. In the long view? Eternity is coming, and we will spend it with our Lord.
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