“This is the plan: At the right time, he (God) will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth” will be summed up, made new and beautiful. (Eph.1:10; Rev.21:5)
Abba, Father, sometimes we get so busy with our plans, we forget you have plans made before the world began. Plans—not hunches or hopes, “might’s” or “maybe’s.” Unlike us, you never have to say or pray, “Lord willing”; for you are the Lord who only plans things that you will make happen.
Thank you for being this frank and clear with us, saying: “Only I can tell you the future before it even happens. Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish” (Isa.46:10). You’ve set a Day when everything will be united, peaceful, and complete in Jesus. Abba, thank you for making promises only you can and will keep—such as:
- We will finally see Jesus and become fully like him (1Jn.3:1-3).
- Our tears will be wiped, bodies healed, pain redeemed (Rev.21:1-5).
- We’ll never sin again, love poorly, or hurt others (1Jn.4:17-18, Jer.32:40)
- The Great Commission will be the Great Accomplishment, for Jesus’ every-nation, impossible to count Bride will populate the new heaven and new earth (Rev.7)
- The Creation Mandate will forever be the New Creation Party; for the earth will be filled with your glory, your glorified family, and all things new (Hab.2:14, Isa.11:9).
Hallelujah, Abba, this isn’t fatalism; it’s “fantastic-ism”! It doesn’t create a passive life but a passionate life—a life of investing in the eternal rather than being tossed about by whims, whines, and the every-changing wind. So Very Amen.