T. Austin Sparks explained it this way. "It this thing that we should constantly remember that God is always working backwards. He is working back to what was, both in His mind in times eternal and which He had in His creative activity. It is only in us, where we are concerned that we are moving towards a consummation; but God is always working backwards".
God’s "backwards" is eternity past where He conceived His eternal purpose. Our "forwards" are His backwards. Because He is outside of time, space and matter. He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end.
That is why there is no better purpose to live than to fulfill God’s eternal purpose.
Through that you will participate in God’s grand goal and mission – which is the provocation and challenge of creation itself.
Now does it make sense why only on hindsight we understand God’s working in our lives?
Frank Viola
Author/Bible Teacher
Changi Chapel 
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