In the immortal words of Jesus Christ, “He that hath ears to hear, let him hear (Luke 8:8).” The Bible never attempts to prove the existence of God. The Bible does however; reveal to us that God was in existence from the very beginning, before anything was brought forth (Genesis 1:1).
“Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God (Psalm 90:2).”
From the onset, we see that God was in the beginning, with what appears to be no discernible beginning and no discernible end. According to the psalmist, he is from “everlasting to everlasting, he is without beginning or end, and he is eternal, for he is God.” The Bible does not reveal how God came to be. Many have pondered this question throughout the ages and the best anyone has ever been able to do is theorize. The simplest answer to the question as to where God came from is, he didn’t because he always was. But now, can you accept this as the answer?
We know for some, just accepting that “God always was” is not an answer, especially one that you are willing to accept. We understand because, in the past, we pondered that very same question as to where did God come from. However, for us, when we explored the possibilities, all we got were endless questions. No matter what answer we explored, there was always another “where-did-come-from” question that came up. Our desire to find a satisfactory answer was a never-ending process that led us to questioning the very existence of God. That became a very dangerous road for us, since we have always believed in God’s existence. At that point, proving his beginnings became less and less important for us. Then we read a passage in the book of Hebrews that gave us a different perspective on the whole existence thing.
“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him” (Hebrews 11:6).
It basically told us that when we come to God we must first believe that he exists. In addition, it went on to say that we also must believe that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Then we got to thinking about the reward, what could it possibly be? We discovered that the reward is God himself. The more we hunted for, looked for, and sought after God, the more God revealed himself to us. But there was something that made this search for God different from the times we had searched before. In the past, in the archives of our consciousness, resided that one endless question, “Where did God come from.” We finally resolved that issue, by deleting that question from our archives and accepting the answer that “God always was.” As we stated earlier, the passage in the book of Hebrews gave us that different perspective on the whole existence thing. We had seen where the passage told us that when we come to God we must first believe that he exists. And we had seen where the passage told us we must believe that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. But here is the revelation on what we did not see before, which helped us to delete that endless question. Apart from the conviction that God exists and is the creator of all things, it is impossible for us to be all that God wants us to be. “For without faith (the conviction) it is impossible to please him.”
Apart from the conviction that God exists and is the creator of all things, it is impossible for us to be all that God wants us to be. And we want to be all that God wants us to be, so we now accept that answer to the endless question. God is from “everlasting to everlasting, he is without beginning or end, and he is eternal, for he is God and he always was.” And since we chose to come to God, then we have already come to terms with his existence, meaning we already believe that he is. Otherwise, what would be the point of trying to come to terms with something that we absolutely do not believe in or believe exists.
As always, we pray that our inspirational message will abundantly bless you, greatly inform you, and that you will be the better for having read it. If blessed by this message, please share so that others may be blessed as well. Amen.
Enjoy your blessings - KW
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