Psalm 90:2

Psalm 90:2 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

Math is fun! Think of the biggest number you can imagine. Got it? Now add one. Got the new number? Now multiply that by 2. Got the new number? Now multiply that number by itself. Head hurt yet? We can keep going if you like. Numbers are infinite – they have no end, like the Energizer bunny they just keep going and going and going…

What does math have to do with verse 2? Nothing… My little illustration was only to give us a small concept of what eternity is. Moses is talking about the eternal nature of God, or in other words, God has no beginning and He has no end. He is from “everlasting to everlasting”, or as I like to say “Before there was a was He was”.

Look at the Genesis account. Genesis 1:1 says "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth". Did you ever think about that statement? In the beginning God created? The verse implies that He was around before the beginning – can you comprehend that? I can’t. I cannot wrap my head completely around the truth that God exists outside of time. We live each moment in the second of the clock and it hard for us to imagine a being who isn’t constrained in the same way that we are. Oh but we should be thankful that He does!

Jesus says of Himself in Revelation 1:8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty". That pretty much covers all of existence as we know it, doesn’t it? Moses reminds us in our verses for today that before anything in creation existed God was there. The other side of that coin is true as well, after everything is gone He will still be here.

Why is that important? Moses established for us in verse one that as His beloved children we live inside of Him. He now continues in that thought reminding us that God is unaffected by time. What a wonderful sense of security that should give us! God never changes and He is going to be around forever!

One of the few things in this life that you can count on is change; the weather changes, our bodies change, relationships change, wealth changes, etc. We never know what each second will bring us next! How wonderful to know that we are watched over and loved by someone who never changes. God says of Himself in Malachi 3:6 “For I am the Lord, I do not change; therefore you are not consumed…” Hallelujah!!! I deserve to be consumed by the Holy One of Israel but He has made a covenant with me and it will not be broken. He tells me that if I repent and confess my sin He will forgive it (see 1 John 1:9). I am thankful that God doesn’t change. I am thankful that He is from “everlasting to everlasting” – I need a God with that kind of power. I look forward to spending eternity with Him in His unchanging glory. I cannot comprehend what Heaven is going to be like but I am looking forward to it.

As comforting as eternity to the Christian is, it should be terrifying to the lost. Remember our math example from the beginning? Let’s apply that same logic to torment, every second for all of eternity being righteously punished for your sin against a Holy God. I cannot wrap my head completely around that thought either.

“Seek ye first the kingdom of God” O’ Christian! Do not let the ticking of the clock be your master. To be sure you should be a good steward of the time that God has given you but do not let it become your master. Rest in the comfort that God is eternal, beloved! Rest in the comfort that once He forgives sin it is forgiven forever! Rest in the comfort that we live in the one who will keep us for all eternity! Focus on the eternal things because at the end those are all that really matter.

Grace and peace to you all…