He's Already There

I battle fear.  Always have.  I have always had trust issues...but slowly over time I am learning to redirect my thinking.  God is not dictated by time.  He lives above it...outside of it.  What we fear in the future are only memories for Him. If we look back and count blessings we will see He is faithful.  If we look forward and realize that He is already in our futures, there will be nothing to fear.

One of my favorite books, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are talks about how we can look back and know "He holds"...

Count blessings and discover Who can be counted on.  Can God be counted on? Count blessings and find out how many of His bridges have already held...Trust is the bridge from yesterday to tomorrow, built with planks of thanks.  Remembering frames up gratitude. Gratitude lays out the planks of trust.  I can walk the planks--from known to unknown--and know: He holds.  I could walk unafraid.

 The song, "Already There" by Casting Crowns talks about God already being in our futures.  They are mere memories to Him.  We can walk unafraid into the future because we know He goes before us.  He has already traveled that path.

Already There

 

(Mark Hall, Matthew West, Bernie Herms)

From where I’m standing
Lord, it’s so hard for me to see
Where this is going
And where You’re leading me
I wish I knew how
All my fears and all my questions
Are going to play out
In a world I can’t control

When I’m lost in the mystery
To You my future is a memory

‘Cause You’re already there
You’re already there
Standing at the end of my life
Waiting on the other side
And You’re already there
You’re already there

From where You’re standing
Lord, You see a grand design
That You imagined
When You breathed me into life
And all the chaos
Comes together in Your hands
Like a masterpiece
Of Your picture-perfect plan

When I’m lost in the mystery
To You my future is a memory

One day I’ll stand before You
And look back on the life I’ve lived
I can’t wait to enjoy the view
And see how all the pieces fit
One day I’ll stand before You
And look back on the life I’ve lived
‘Cause You’re already there
You’re already there

When I’m lost in the mystery
To You my future is a memory

‘Cause You’re already there
You’re already there
Standing at the end of my life
Waiting on the other side
And You’re already there
You’re already there

What comfort to know that "He holds".  He holds our past and continues to shape it for our good.  He holds our present and walks beside us all the way.  He holds our future and guides us into it.  Nothing that happens in our lives surprises Him.  He can use it all no matter how painful and ugly it might be.  He holds...

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”  Revelation 1:8