God can think a new thought. And He can create an entirely new creature. Matter of fact, He could create a whole new universe AND then turn around and change His mind and decide to replace that new universe with a whole ‘nother universe. And before time began, who knows? Maybe He even did something like that.
“Wait, what?! Did he say, before time began?”
You betcha. But I don’t mean that God did (or didn’t do) something before ALL time began. I just mean the time, before you and I, and our ancestors all the way back to Adam and Eve, started. Because God has always been around. He lived forever in the past. So, there’s no such thing as before time began.
My, my, my. Heads are spinning. And imaginations are churning. Because there are full growed-up grownups, who should know better, who’ll try to tell you God lives outside of time. But time exists because God exists. And God has always done things in steps. And steps happen one AFTER another.
You know what AFTER means, right? It means there was a BEFORE. So, all you gotta do to see that God lives IN time is read His bestselling book of all time (see what I did there?)
And sometime, in the distant past, God started thinking about creating a planet filled with humans who could walk and talk with Him. Then, AFTER He thought up what He would do, He did it.
And that started the whole process for life on good ol’ planet Earth.
There’s a couple of places in the Bible where it says God was working things out “before time began.” But that means before YOUR time began. Before human beings began. But not before God. Time has always been here because God has always been here. He didn’t make it up. He made us. And our time began when He made us.
We don’t know what it’s like to have always existed because we all had a starting day. You and I didn’t live forever in the past. But we CAN live forever in the future, if we choose life. Because His love is so great.
By the way, did you know He loved you before you were even born? It’s true. He put you together inside your mom. And before He created Adam and Even, God started making plans for us. He wants us to live forever, and because He’s so smart, He figured out a way to do that even if we mess up.
Isn’t that cool?
The main thing to remember is He made you because He loves you. He wants you to live with Him forever. You don’t have to be perfect. Your mistakes won’t keep you out of Heaven, as long as you believe and trust in Jesus. And that might sound lame and old-fashioned. But it’s the only Truth that’ll make you free.
And that’s all a promise God made before YOUR time began. Here’s a rhyme to help you remember:
Even before you were born
God was making a plan
For us to live in His love.
Jesus became a man
Whose life would pay the full debt
For all the bad things done.
God made a way for your life,
And that Way is His Son.
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