Inspired by Psalm 22:23-31
“Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord, and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, saying that he has done it.” Psalm 22:30-31
Regardless of how troubled the world may look to us, God will overcome. Despite the seemingly constant barriers and even defeats that appear to get in the way of expanding the kingdom on earth, God has already triumphed. In the grand scheme of human history, God has already delivered his people.
We who are trapped by the inexorable movement of time can only see the tiny sliver of history that makes up our own lives. Yet even as he accompanies us throughout our lives, the Lord God exists outside of time, and in all times. And he alone has full knowledge and understanding of how the story begins, how it unfolds, and how it ends. He will deliver his people. He is delivering his people. He has already delivered his people. We are a delivered people.
The saving act of Jesus Christ was not limited to first century Palestine. The Word made flesh is the One who is, who was, and who will be, and his salvation is for those who came before as well as for those yet to come. We need not understand it, but knowing what we do know of the story allows us to live it, and proclaim the Lord’s deliverance, and be delivered ourselves.
Let us pray. Timeless God, you created time itself. Enable us to trust in your greatness, that we may live faithfully in your grace rather than trapped by our own limited understanding. Through Christ our Lord, Amen.
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