“I am God, the only God you’ve had or ever will have….From the very beginning telling you what the ending will be. All along letting you in on what is going to happen, Assuring you, ‘I’m in this for the long haul, I’ll do exactly what I set out to do,” Isaiah 46:9-10 MSG
“..The God who created time is not bound by it and He has already seen you in your future doing exactly what He has promised you would do.
Have you ever been tempted to sneak to the end of a chapter or a book when you are reading? Sometimes, I have to fight the temptation to do this, but only when a book is especially thrilling. Despite the strong urge I may have felt in the past, I can only think of one instance where I actually did this. I love the journey too much to ruin it by rushing ahead to the end.
Sometimes in our lives, we are tempted to want to hit the “fast forward” button. We try to figure out how God is going to get us from point A to point Z, and often become frustrated when the journey to our dreams is in “slo-mo.”
It’s in these times that we can get frustrated and prematurely abort our mission, or stall our forward progress.
There have been many times where I have been tempted to give up. The journey seemed too long, the effort exponential with little return. I just could not wrap my head around how to get from point A to point B, to say nothing of the rest of the trip! I began to doubt God’s promise to me. But then God reminded me in Isaiah 46:10 that He “calls the end from the beginning.” In other words, He knows how the story ends.
So, when He tells you that you are going to be a great leader, or reach millions with your songs, or teach His Word, you can bank on it. Why? Because the God who created time is not bound by it, and He has already seen you in your future doing exactly what He has promised you would do.
The next time you get tempted to doubt God’s promise for your life, or be discouraged by the slow pace in getting to your dreams, just remember that “God began a good work in you” and He is more than able to “carry it on until it is completed,” (Philippians 1:6) because He knows how the story ends.