Before our milky way was formed, before our sun ignited, before Jupiter or Mars began their orbit, before the earth was able to support life … you were planned, identified and named for a very specific purpose. You predate the dinosaurs! You began way before your conception – you began in the mind of God. “Your eyes saw my unformed substance, and in Your book all the days of my life were written before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none of them.” (Ps. 139:16). It is this realm, this eternal dimension, that preserves the truth about you. In our temporal, time-bound realm there might be many events, circumstances and experiences that try to contradict the truth about you … but they are as shadows compared to the unchangeable truth that was decided before this world began and will remain the only truth after this world has come to an end.You are older than what you thought!
Imagine …
... a dimension before time or space began. Imagine being present to hear the conversation within the God-counsel that planned and purposed all that is. What is it that motivated God to create?
Are you ready for a shocking truth? You were present! In fact you are the inspiration behind all of creation. God had you in mind even before the foundation of the earth and He is still just as excited about you as He was then!
Read more about it here: Original Motivation
Amen.
The “Word” pre-existed and was brought forth from God to redeem all life which had fallen short of the glory of God. The entire physical realm was created for this purpose.
Jesus is the light, and we are all in darkness. But He gives His light to “everyone” and the darkness can “never” extinguish the light. John1:4-5
Hi John – always good to hear from you.
Been thinking about the existence of darkness. It only exists in our perspective/observation of it – in and by itself it has no substance. I love Ps 139 ….even the darkness is as light to Thee.
Evil is the same – it is not the presence of something or someone, but rather finds its definition in the absence of someone. Evil is completely and utterly devoid of substance.
The Light that Christ gives, fills our lives with substance.
So simple, and so beautiful!