By THE SPIRIT Paul wrote in Titus chapter 1:
1 Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect and the acknowledgment of the truth which accords with godliness,
2 in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began,
3 but has in due time manifested His word through preaching, which was committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior
Our promise of eternal life was given to us before any of us were formed in the womb… even before time began. What a plan! We must not let the temporal challenges that the world has set before us overwhelm us and preoccupy our consciousness. Let each of us examine and assess our current state in this area. We must place our hope and focus on the eternal, not the temporal. The spiritual is a higher state than the physical and as we dwell and meditate on the spiritual, our physical state will begin to line up with our spiritual state.
Paul also wrote by THE SPIRIT in Ephesians chapter 1:
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.
The fact that you are reading this should encourage you that you are among those who FATHER has selected to be exposed to such a mystery. This alone should give each of us hope. I would treat this as an invitation to dig deeper into the Revelation of The Lord Jesus Christ and gain understanding of exactly what FATHER’S immediate purpose and plan are so that we can become an integral part of HIS plan. Where do we start? Just consider all the Words Jesus spoke in the Gospels. He spoke the Word as directed by FATHER so we can know FATHER’S intent and gain further understanding of HIS motivation of Love.
Rest and relax in the reality that we are eternal beings chosen before the foundation of the world. Given that Truth why are we fretting about what tomorrow may bring? Jesus made this point in Matthew chapter 6:
25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?”
Let our faith and trust be placed in FATHER and HIS plan rather than the circumstances surrounding us today for our circumstances can change in a nanosecond. Let our faith IN HIM be our guiding light so that we can operate well within the realm of HIS Intent of Love. FATHER is willing and able to supply all our need according to HIS riches in glory by Christ Jesus so let our faith be directed according to that Truth so that it becomes a reality in our individual lives. If FATHER chose us before the foundation of the world, surely HE made preparations for meeting our needs as well no matter how significant. You and I are in the big picture of eternity so let us consciously walk out that reality in our everyday lives.