History Books in 90 Days: 2 Samuel 22-24
God has no origin
Psalm 90:2 Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from
everlasting to everlasting You are God. (NIV)
When we look at the world around us we can see that everything has a beginning and will have an
end. It’s hard for us to think of something that has no beginning and will never end. That’s often
why we have hidden fears about eternity – what will it be like to be there forever? It scares us. Yet
God has no origin, He has no beginning and will have no end. God is self-existent, He has always
been. Our minds can’t fathom this; it’s too hard for us to understand. Doesn’t everything have a
beginning? Not God! God is responsible to no one; He is self-existent, self-dependent and selfsufficient.
Philosophy and science hate that about God. They are in the business of accounting for
things but how can one account for something that refuses to give an account for itself? To admit
that there is someone that lies beyond us, who exists outside all of our categories, who will not
appear before the bar of our reason or submit to our curiosity requires a great deal of humility. It
absolutely drives the philosophers and scientists crazy! God is the “I AM”. So what does this have
to do with the problems of your everyday life? Since we are God’s creation and are made in His
image so it is safe to assume that all of our problems and their solutions are theological. We can
never know who we really are until we know something of who God is. Man is a created being who
is completely and utterly dependent on God, the One who created him. God’s self-existence means
that He is not answerable to us or to anybody, and we don’t like that. We want God to give an
account of Himself, to defend His actions. Although He sometimes explains things to us, He doesn’t
have to and often He does not. God doesn’t have to explain Himself to anybody.
PRAYER and MEDITATION
1. How does your life reflect dependence on God?
2. Have there been situations in your life where you have felt like you wanted God to explain
Himself to you? Are you willing to let go of this and let God rule and reign according to His
plans and purposes?
3. Pray that you would grow in listening prayer so that God can rule your life and you can live in
dependence on Him.
