LIVING WORD DEVOTIONAL

By Pastor Mensa Otabil
 
Sunday 17th May 2026

THE ETERNAL ONE

Scripture Reading: Psalm 90

Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. Psalm 90:2
 
El Olam is used to refer to God as the everlasting or eternal one. The term Olam has a wide range of uses. It is usually defined as something that has a long duration, or something that comes from antiquity. It is also used to describe an indefinite future. Olam addresses the reality of God’s existence, God’s covenant and promises, and the Messiah’s future reign.
 
Eternity is a very strange concept for us. We measure everything with time. Even distances in the universe are measured with light years – time.  Because we live in time and are so aware of the shortness of time, our minds find it impossible to think of timelessness. However, eternity is God’s standard. He has been and will always be.
 
What does El Olam mean for us as Christians?

• God is the same at all times.

From everlasting to everlasting, He is God. He never grows old, nor changes with time by any measure. He neither depreciates nor deteriorates. He is constant and nothing can wear him down or out.

• God is real to all generations.

As the Lord was to previous generations, so is He to present generations. He can do today what He did in the past and likewise do the same tomorrow. The people of today can know Him as He was known by the people of the past. He is the same to all generations.

• God works out His will in time.

Although the events of human history are significant for each generation, they are all but a moment from God’s perspective. He can do in an instant what we think requires a long time to accomplish. He has all things under His control as the Creator who ordains life and death. God works out His purposes in time.
 
God lives out of time but sees everything from beginning to end – from what has happened through to what will happen in the future. Trust Him to make all things beautiful in its time.

Prayer:

Heavenly Father, you are from everlasting to everlasting. I know you’re working out your purposes for my life each day. In Jesus’ name, Amen.