‘I can’t wait for you to get here.’ What if God is saying that to you right now?
“In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.” Ephesians 1:11-12 NIV
I was talking with a couple of friends yesterday about moving from God sees who you are to a definitive, God knows who you are. This is your identity. That the Creator of all things knows exactly who you are.
Now take it a step further and consider that God is already where your life is headed. He is. He is waiting. He is providing the tools for your journey into the person he has created you to be.
God the Father is the god of today and tomorrow. He is omnipresent, in our today’s, tomorrow’s and yes, in our yesterday’s. He is forward facing and patiently waits for our faith to overcome our insecurities and our limiting thoughts.
So my question and encouragement to you this morning is simple. How would you choose to face today and the coming days if God says to you, ‘I am at the destination that I created you to achieve and you are marvelously living in victory and impact.’ He is. This is and has always been his plan. For your impact. For your influence. For your example. For your leading. For your peace, love, joy. For your contentment.
Recognizing that God is already where we are headed provides the answer to any questions of our future. Accepting that God is already there is the catalyst that causes us to walk into our future, free of fear and without hesitation.
The great general, Robert E. Lee, never feared defeat because he accepted that God’s providence had already determined all outcomes. Do not fear your future with God, because he has already predetermined your life’s outcomes. He is saying walk in the life journey he has planned and come to the home that I have for you. Every journey starts with one step. Today is your first step.
“Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” James 4:13-15 ESV
You’ve got this.