One way of viewing the each day rhythm of our life is to know that God has prepared our steps before the day has even arrived. Listen to how the psalmist described it.
“Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every certainly one of them, the times that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.” – Psalm 139:16
How is it that God could prepare our steps before we were conceived? It is because God exists outside of time. You and I are the creation. God is the everlasting Creator. We are confined to years, months, weeks, days, hours, even seconds.
Think of it like this. If you were to view a parade from the road sidewalk, your view can be quite limited. You could only see what passed by you in the intervening time. However, when you had a ten thousand-foot view, you’ll find a way to see the parade from starting to finish. So is life. We are unable to see into next 12 months. Quite frankly, we’re unable to see into the subsequent hour. Yet God has an altogether different view. Scripture teaches that God is:
“Declaring the top from the start and from precedent days things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I’ll accomplish all my purpose.’” – Isaiah 46:30
There is a destructive teaching happening in today’s church. It is named Open Theism. It is the idea that due to man’s free will, God Himself doesn’t know the alternatives man will make. Therefore, God cannot know the longer term since it is open-ended. I might encourage those that hold to open theism over the sovereignty of God to think through Isaiah 46:30.
It is because God works outside of the confinements of time that He can say, “Before I formed you within the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations” (Jeremiah 1:5). Should someone say that only applies to the prophet Jeremiah, note what the scriptures say about today’s believer.
“For we’re God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we are able to do the great things he planned for us way back.” – Ephesians 2:10
In other words, before you were born, you were already created in Christ to do great things for God’s glory. Only a God who’s capable of see eternity past, eternity present, and eternity future could make such a press release. This is why we might be confident that each step we take is ready by an everlasting God.
