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The Big Picture
| “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End.” |
| —Revelation 21:6 |
Only recently have I decided that I am a “big picture” person. Always before, when asked, I would say I wasn’t sure because I so often deal with details in sequence.
But, when I think about it, even as a child, I always liked to see the map with the entire trip in view from start to finish. Only then could I follow the exact route, town by town, which we were driving to reach our destination.
While I am getting used to reading books using the Kindle app on my phone, I have trouble reading on the device because I can’t see the whole book—front to back. I like to read about the author, see how many pages I’m dealing with, and I like to view those photos tucked in the middle: all before I start to read the actual text of the book.
Perhaps we “big picture” people have more trouble trusting God because we can’t see the route to the final destination and its relationship to our present location. Yes, we know the route we travel will finally lead us to Heaven. But, what about the next 15 to 20 years, or longer?
I am grateful that our God names Himself the Alpha and the Omega—the Beginning and the Ending. Though time does not bind Him, He knows our beginning and our ending, along with all the routes in between. And, He has promised us He will be with us every step of the way.
As recorded in both Deuteronomy 31:8 and Hebrews 13:5 God says to us:
“I will never leave you. I will never forsake you.”
We can trust God because He does know the end from the beginning. I don’t know His way, but He knows mine.
As Job 23:10 tells us:
He knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
In order to trust Him and not fear, I need to stay close to Him. That alone will keep me from frustration over every circumstance that seems to tell me things are out of control and I have lost my way.
Like a Good Shepherd, He goes ahead and leads us because He trly knows the “Big Picture.”
—Posted: Monday, June 11, 2018
