God created time as a constant, continuous flow. Time does not occur in patches, or seasons, there are not days when time exists and other days when it doesn’t. In a spiritual experience, we may step out of time for a brief period, but it is still present, and the rest of the world is still experiencing it.
There is a global timeline that represents the entire history of our planet, as we continue to march forwards towards the end days. Each of us also has our own unique timeline, our personal history, which is a part of the global picture in the sense that we all branch out of that one massive timeline of earth. It is our unique timelines that I wish to focus on.
Because time is a continuum, it carries into every moment of the present the potential of accessing the treasures of the past. Your timeline, right now, at this moment, has more in it than just the days you have lived in your lifetime, and it carries more than just your personal experiences, though sadly, we are often disconnected from those too. One way of looking at this dynamic that most people are familiar with is the concept of generational blessings. Those are flowing to you through time. Somewhere in your background you have ancestors who were righteous, and you have access to their blessings because time is carrying them forward to you.
Now, a very important piece of this whole picture is the relationship between time and reality. Our reality changes as time moves forward. If you imagine time freezing, nothing would change. Everything would become motionless, stuck in whatever reality was present when it froze. Think of what happens over a five-minute period. Your body changes. Whatever your organs were doing at the beginning may have changed completely by the end. Maybe you move from one place to another. Your thoughts change. The weather might change. Sometimes the difference in reality in five short minutes can make or break us. There is a definite connection between the reality around us and the flow of time that causes that reality to change.
So, what I am particularly concerned with here is our perception of reality. What we see about where we are and where we could go, who we are, what we have, what the world looks like around us are all perceptions that may or may not fit the actual facts. I believe that our connection (or lack thereof!) to time has a definite effect on our perception of reality, and therefore, on our capacity to build in our lives. It also has a significant effect on our emotional stability.
It is important that you see the connection between time and reality as we move on to look at some tools. Your perception of who you are, where you are going (or not going!) and how you are going to get there are all influenced by your being grounded in time.
Beyond the Horizon 