Psalm 51:6 NIV and
Jeremiah 1:5. These Scriptures tell us that our spirits
knew God before He knitted us inside our Mothers womb?
So now, knowing this fascinating
fact, I ask you to indulge me and let me take you somewhere. My imagination often tries to fill in the
blanks of the great stories told in
Scripture. So come with me for a moment and
imagine what it might have been like right before God breathed life into your human
spirit.
Imagine Him placing you, a preciously
loved and perfectly made child, at the beginning of a road. It’s not at all familiar and it’s full of
things you’ve never seen and don’t understand.
God tells you that it is the road leading through your life on earth and
that it ends in eternity where you’ll be back with Him forever.
Then you watch, as your Father, the creator
of all living things, sends someone down the road ahead of you in the greatest
of love. “This is my Son,” He tells you,
“of whom I am well pleased.” Matthew 3:
1 Mark 1:11, 2 Peter 1:17, Luke 3:22. “His
name is Jesus.”
You watch as this Jesus clears your path
and lights your way. He gathers up
everything dark and ugly and takes it upon his back. The pain of this is unbearable, the terrible
weight of it brings the Son to his knees before the Father.
“But I love her,” the Father says as He
helps the Son back to his feet. “Go on to
the cross now. This child is worth
it.”
So Jesus does what his Father tells him. A bit further down the road you see him sit and
break bread at a table with twelve He loves. Luke 22:19, Just after that, you hear his
cries to the Father from a garden, Luke 22:42, Mark 14:36, and then you see his
hands get hammered into a board with nails.
His blood is shed. Your Father
cries.
The Son cries out again to the Father from
the cross, Mark 15:24 and then utters, “It is finished.” John 19:28-30 Jesus
had taken his last breath.
“Go on now.” Your Father says as He gives you a pat. “I have chosen your family. They are waiting. Your life on earth is about to begin.”
You place your foot onto the terribly
stain road and notice it is full of dark and deep ruts. “I don’t like this road, Daddy.” You tell him.
“These stains are ugly and those ruts will swallow me.”
“You must go down it.” He tells you with love. “It is simply the way it must be. Know too that you will leave your own ugly
stain behind on this road because you have become a daughter of Eve and it is
your sin nature now. Soon, a time will
come and you will turn away from me.”
“No Daddy! Please? Don’t make me go. I want to stay here with
you?”
“You
cannot. ” He says firmly. “You must walk in faith and trust me. My Glory will be everywhere so if you look
for me, you will see me. When my Son Jesus
died, He saved you from death and left with you a helper, the Holy Spirit, who
I sent in His name. It will teach you
and help you remember the things I have said.
John 14:16-17, John 14:26. Study my
word and ask the Holy Spirit for revelation. Do this, and all truth you know will
return. Then you will remember know my
plans for you. Jeremiah 29:11 These are
the things that will lead you back to me.”
As you take your first small step, your
Father engraves your name into the palm of His hand. Isaiah 49:16 “I know every hair on your head,” Matthew
10:30, Luke 12:7, “and every sparrow
that falls.” Matthew 10:29
“So you run along
now.”
You turn around for one last look and
plead. “I’m not ready?”
“You are ready, sweet child. I know every breath you take and the exact
number of your days. You’ll see me at the other end of this road.” He points to something very far away. “It is a glorious place called eternity.”
As you turn away. God knits you together inside your mother’s
womb. Psalm 139:13, where you will form
and grow. Then, your Father in heaven
picks up the Book of Life and places it on a table shining with gold and
emeralds. He opens it to your special
chapter and looks at the topography of the road you are now on. He records every twist and turn, your every
sin and every praise. Rev. 3:5, Rev. 20:12,
Rev. 21:27 Where He finds you on a
mountaintop in communion with Him, he draws a heart. Your every thought and word has been
recorded, so with his palms open and laid upon the pages of your life, He sits,
and closes his eyes.
A tear rolls down his face.
It is then that the Son comes alongside him
and places his hand on the Fathers shoulder.
“She will find her way back to us, Father.” He tells him.
The Father nods his head, “I know she will.” He pats the hand of His Son and then wipes
the tear from His cheek. “But she gets
lost for quite some time and the enemy’s strongholds against this little one
are great. Her life gets very dark.” The Father pauses and another tear falls from
his eye. “I miss her so much while she’s
away.”
“It is because your love is so great,
Father.” The Son says. Romans 8:38-39, Lamentations 3:22-23, Psalm
103:11-12
“And she finds her way back because of
your sacrifice and grace from the cross.”
Says the Father. Ephesians 2:8,
Romans 5:8, 1John 4:16
“I only do what I see you do.” Jesus adds.
John 5:19
“Yes.” The Father stands. “I know.”
He embraces the Son and closes the Book of
Life. Together they walk to the doorway. The Father smiles. “Now my Son, what are the Angels going to
sing with me today?” Zephaniah 3:17
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