But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. (Matt. 26:32 KJV)
It is a good comfort and great knowledge to understand that God did not design that we travel life’s journey alone with His guidance or compass. The whole thing (idea) about Life is God’s in the first place. He designed and determine who we are, why we are here and where we are located. No one planned his/her being here, neither did any of us appoint the time nor place of his/her being. At the best, we only discovered we are here. Like you, I discovered I’m here. It is contingent upon this fact and its verity that we gain good sense of value that we are here at the instance of God.
God said to Jeremiah, “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.” (Jer. 1:5 KJV). Notice, as was with Jeremiah, God knew each of us before one was formed us in the belly (womb) and before one was born, He determined what we would be, where and why. This truth is both revealing and comforting. We owe our being here to God who formed each of us and dispatched us here.
Being here therefore at the instance of God would naturally infer that God is ahead of our being here. Before we got here, God was ahead of our being here in determining our time, place, and purpose. He has the dossier of everything about each of us.
As the Bible asserts, “O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I’m far away. You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do. You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord. You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head.” (Psalm 139:1-5 KJV). For being here to be purposeful and rewarding; it would require our following God’s lead (leading) as we traverse this course about which we had no input, involvement or participation except that we arrived here to live or realize it. As a written script, we live our lives as a story being told. (Psalm 90:9 KJV)
The concept is well illustrated by the comment of Jesus to His disciple concerning His resurrection and how he would…go before them into Galilee. As in that instance, so does God go before (ahead) of us in every life’s course determined by Him. Praise the Lord.
Beloved, God will not have us go anywhere to which He would not go before (ahead) of us. This is very liberating when understood and assimilated. God will always go ahead of His own. The Lord Jesus puts it; thus, “When he has brought all his own sheep outside, he walks on ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice and recognize his call. They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.” (John 10:4 AMP). We must endeavor not to construct our own life’s script but rather follow the script of God who sent us here that we may find Him going before (ahead) of us.
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