“Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting" (Micah 5:2)

The Lord Jesus Christ was involved with His people long before he appeared on Earth as a babe in Bethlehem. God exists outside of time and space, and as the Alpha and Omega, He can see the beginning and the end all at the same time. Before anything was created, Christ knew who He was going to save and how He was going to do it. In fact, the name of each and every saint is "written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world” (Revelation 13:8). 

 It was "from everlasting" He signed the compact with His Father, that He would pay blood for blood, suffering for suffering, agony for agony, and death for death, on behalf of His people; it was "from everlasting" that He gave Himself up without a murmuring word. That from the crown of His head to the sole of His foot He might sweat great drops of blood, that He might be spit upon, pierced, mocked, and crushed beneath the pains of death. 

 His goings forth as your Savior was from everlasting. Think of it! You had an interest in the Person of Jesus before time began! He saw you and loved you centuries before you were born! This fact alone should give you confidence to “come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:14).