A Part of the Big Picture

eDevotion

Encouragement for your daily walk with God

“I am the God of your fathers…” How many times did we hear that spoken by our God? He seems to always speak in the context of what He has done in the lives of people who lived before us. It seems to me that when God works with us, it is to involve us in His ongoing activities—efforts to fulfill the covenant He has made with our forefathers. Our assignments, then, are not independent of what God has done through our predecessors. 

The same God, who met with Abraham, worked through Moses, motivated Elijah, directed Paul, and who has guided godly men and women throughout the ages, is the same One, who approaches us to be involved in His work. Imagine that! Catch the significance of it! You are part—a vital part—of God’s plan of the ages. You are more than an agent of the present.

That should draw a couple of responses from us: one, it should excite us to know that we have a part in the eternal purposes of God; and two, it should humble us, for who is worthy of such an assignment. Here’s the $64,000 question: Do you sense and rejoice that your life is a part of God’s eternal purposes?

Moreover He said, "I am the God of your father—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God. (Exodus 3:6)