The Time Machine

“In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also” (John 14:2-3, NKJV).

Ever wondered why we often feel overwhelmed with anxieties? One reason is that we don't know what will happen tomorrow or far into the future.

Why do we have a past, a present, and a future? It's because there's a dimension called time. Time is a gift and a mystery. We can only live in the present, not in the past or the future.

Time allows us to have faith and hope. Imagine a world without the dimension of time. We wouldn't need hope because there would be no past, present, or future—only a timeless eternity. We wouldn't require faith either because everything would be proven, and doubt would be non-existent. That's why Paul, in 1 Corinthians 13, says that in the end, only love remains; faith and hope are no longer needed. We wouldn't need faith to believe in what we can't see, and we wouldn't require hope because there would be no past, present, or future—we'd exist in a timeless dimension, in eternity.

Have you ever looked back at stressful moments from the past and thought, 'Hey, that was a minor issue... how did I get so stressed about it?' Maybe it was being scared of the dentist as a child, the first day of school, or exam periods.

Now, let's indulge in a little science fiction imagination. Suppose we had time machines in our world. We could go back in time. What would you say to your past self? Perhaps you'd want to say, 'Hey, don't stress so much. What you're afraid of right now in the future, it's nothing, and everything will turn out fine.'

But in our real world, we don't have time machines. We exist only in the present; we can't leap into the future.

However, there's one figure beyond the dimension of time.

His name is Jesus Christ.

When He was crucified on the cross, He declared, 'It is finished.' His work transcends the dimension of time. It might be hard for our rational minds to grasp, but our Jesus exists outside the bounds of time, which means He's also in our future. He said, 'I am the Alpha and the Omega—the Beginning and the End.' He's already taken care of everything for us, even in the future that we can't see yet.

Imagine that Jesus, who is also in our future, comes to you and says, “Don't worry; everything will be fine. Because I come from your future and I'm also with you in the present. It's all finished on the cross.”

Do you remember when Jesus was preparing His disciples before His death, He said, “In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.”

Jesus promised that wherever He is, there we would be too. He will never leave us. And He, who exists outside the dimension of time, knows that in the future and in eternity, He'll always be with us. And most importantly, it's the present moment that matters because it's the only moment we have right now. This is what He promises: He's with us, and He's prepared many good days for us in the future.

Let me close with Psalm 23:6 (TPT):
“So why would I fear the future? Only goodness and tender love pursue me all the days of my life. Then afterward, when my life is through, I’ll return to your glorious presence to be forever with you!”