A Comfort in Timelessness
Have you ever pondered the reality of God existing outside the restrictions of Time? He does not need time, nor is He governed by it. For us, time is a guide, yet He is self-guided and self-sufficient. Time denotes a form of limitation that schedules our lives, and because God is all powerful, He cannot be limited by His own creation.
He sees everything as an ever-present NOW.
Think about it. Since God is outside of time, not being governed by it, but creating it and guiding it, and seeing all things as an ever present NOW, then all of humanity from Creation to Destruction has, to God, already happened. He sees Moses as clearly as He sees us now and as perfectly as He sees the future. His knowledge no one can fathom, including His knowledge of, what appears to us to be, the past, present and future.
Some might argue, then, that we are mere robots, acting out a script to God's blockbuster movie. If God knows all and sees all, He knows who will believe in Him and who will not. He knows about the disasters, wars, famines, diseases and murders that will plague humanity while it exists. He knows the joy, laughter, pleasure, delight and excitement that will ring throughout the ages.
Still, I find God's timelessness atribute to be incredibly comforting for me. He knows all. He sees all. There is no need for me to worry about the timing of events in my life. He has them planned and designed before I was physically created. Can I make more of myself? No, He deserves the glory! Should I sin in carelessness? No, He deserves the glory!
The more I "understand" of God, the more I realize that He is a Paradox. There are things that I will never understand about Him because the two opposing sides seem to so perfectly compliment eachother. Lion. Lamb. Grace. Mercy. Wrath. Redemption. A desire for none to perish, but a knowledge of who will. Master above all, but close friend. Outside of time, but for 33 years was confined by it. Divinity. Humanity.
One last thought, from Miss Ann Marie, to blow your mind... if God is Timeless, then He must be Spaceless too. If He cannot be confined by Time, then He cannot be hindered or measured by Space. Therefore, any size object to Him would appear to be the same in relation to each other. We are all small, mountains are small, galaxies are small when measured by the measureless God.
If, in your ponderings about God He seems to shrink, my dear friend, you are being deceived. Do not try to conform God to human logic. It is terribly dishonoring.
He sees everything as an ever-present NOW.
Think about it. Since God is outside of time, not being governed by it, but creating it and guiding it, and seeing all things as an ever present NOW, then all of humanity from Creation to Destruction has, to God, already happened. He sees Moses as clearly as He sees us now and as perfectly as He sees the future. His knowledge no one can fathom, including His knowledge of, what appears to us to be, the past, present and future.
Some might argue, then, that we are mere robots, acting out a script to God's blockbuster movie. If God knows all and sees all, He knows who will believe in Him and who will not. He knows about the disasters, wars, famines, diseases and murders that will plague humanity while it exists. He knows the joy, laughter, pleasure, delight and excitement that will ring throughout the ages.
Still, I find God's timelessness atribute to be incredibly comforting for me. He knows all. He sees all. There is no need for me to worry about the timing of events in my life. He has them planned and designed before I was physically created. Can I make more of myself? No, He deserves the glory! Should I sin in carelessness? No, He deserves the glory!
The more I "understand" of God, the more I realize that He is a Paradox. There are things that I will never understand about Him because the two opposing sides seem to so perfectly compliment eachother. Lion. Lamb. Grace. Mercy. Wrath. Redemption. A desire for none to perish, but a knowledge of who will. Master above all, but close friend. Outside of time, but for 33 years was confined by it. Divinity. Humanity.
One last thought, from Miss Ann Marie, to blow your mind... if God is Timeless, then He must be Spaceless too. If He cannot be confined by Time, then He cannot be hindered or measured by Space. Therefore, any size object to Him would appear to be the same in relation to each other. We are all small, mountains are small, galaxies are small when measured by the measureless God.
If, in your ponderings about God He seems to shrink, my dear friend, you are being deceived. Do not try to conform God to human logic. It is terribly dishonoring.
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::sigh of peace:: Ah, the comfort. Praise Him that one day we will be free from time as well!
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