Be Good, 'Cause You're in on This

The Plan never changes, you know. We’re always a part of the same huge, complex, ordered chaos. God’s omniscience is eternal. Think about it…

·         Before God created Lucifer, He already knew what destruction and hatred Satan's rebellion would bring to this world.

·         Before time was even created, God knew He planned to allow part of Himself to suffer horribly and die for love of you.

·         Before God created the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and warned Adam against it, He knew that He would be disobeyed, that the people He created would despise His gracious love and mercy extended, and shun His very presence.

·         Consider the fact that God mapped your heritage as carefully as He plans everything. For a miniature example look at the book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. It can be traced even to the beginning of humanity, soul by soul…You don’t have to read it…But just look at the lineage of One born 2000 years ago. (I had to use my scrolly thingy fourteen times to pass through it...)

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:

And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.                      

 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:

And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:

And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.

And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:

And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:

And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:

And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:

And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:

And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:

And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:

And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.

And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.

And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:

And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.

And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.

And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.

And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:

And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;

And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;

And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;

And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;

And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;

And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;

And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;

And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;

And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;

And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:

And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;

And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;

And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;

And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;

And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

·         When Jesus first looked at Judas and called him a friend, He knew Judas would betray Him to His death.

·         When humans tried to stone Him, scoffed at Him, and eventually killed Him, Jesus was simultaneously aware that He was God and wielded the associated power.

·         When you accept God’s gift of salvation all of Heaven rejoices, yet He knows you will sin tomorrow and crucify Him again.

·         God is the ultimate judge of right and wrong and holds the highest standard of all, yet He sacrifices and tolerates longer than possible to imagine, because He knows what happens in the last chapter.

Scientists tell us that the world changes systematically by the flap of a butterfly’s wing on the other side of the planet. Would not it follow that you make a difference in world by merely existing? He planned you into the plan—alongside billions of others. Contemplate this for a second. God knows ahead of time when every person is going to deviate from their individual “best” with their free will and He plans their alternate will that they’ve chosen into the ultimate plan and makes it for the best of all eternity, while cataloguing every entity’s word, action, and attitude for inspection day, while treasuring all your tears in a bottle and knowing all the hairs on your head and every star in the sky, while caring for the sparrows, directing the wind, shifting tectonic activity, watching the ants in Puerto Rico, defending the helpless, revealing Himself to isolated peoples, sending snow to little children, seeing the bottom of the ocean, forming new resplendent human life from the merging of cells, guiding people individually, coaching the planets of an unfathomable outer space he breathed to existence, hearing  and answering prayers simultaneously in every language, listening to people mock Him, saving lives just in time, confounding science, giving love in exchange for rude stupidity, and everything else all at once.

This infinite knowledge is now. Just think, He knows when you’ve been bad or good before you’ve been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake.