Eternality

God is not only independent and immutable. He is eternal as well. Wayne Grudem has defined God’s eternality by stating, “God has no beginning, end, or succession of moments in His own being, and He sees all time equally vividly, yet God sees events in time and acts in time.” Talk about a mind boggler! Take the time to read over that definition again. In a world where everything has a beginning and ending, this proclamation about God throws me for a loop!

This is supported by Psalm 90:2, which says, “…from everlasting to everlasting you are God.” And while this thought is hard for our minds to grasp, it is also a thought that echoes praise in the heart of the believer. It gives us a small dose of the awesomeness and power and greatness of our God. This is revealed in what Grudem says, “God always existed, without beginning, and without being influenced by time. And time, therefore, does not have existence in itself, but, like the rest of creation, depends on God’s eternal being and power to keep it existing.” Does your head hurt yet?

Sometimes, I begin to feel as if I am serving a clock. Do you? I wake up to the clock screaming at me, I go to bed by the clock. I arrive and leave work by the clock. I eat by the clock. Time is what fills by day. But God is not bound to time as we are. He ascends time; He is not limited by it as we are. Yet He reaches into our world and works and moves in time. Grudem wrote it this way, “God can act in time because He is Lord of time. He uses it to display His glory.”

God uses time everyday…to show us His love, compassion, patience, mercy, justice, and wrath. Believer, ponder today God’s eternality!