God Has a Plan
A character from an eighties television show was known for this catchphrase, “I love it when a plan comes together.” I believe he may have stolen that saying from the Apostle Paul. You see, Paul had a plan to preach the Gospel in Rome. Still, it was not his plan, it was God’s.
Paul’s plans came together when he made the trip to Rome as a prisoner of Rome. On the way, he was shipwrecked, snake-bit,and almost killed by Roman soldiers. However, Paul never faltered because God assured him he would stand before Caesar. Paul was sure his plans would come together because he trusted God’s directions.
Today this great country I love is in turmoil. It is in chaos because powerful people profit from this turmoil. It is also in turmoil because God’s people have become comfortable in their sins. In our comfort, Satan has lulled many to sleep. While God’s people are sleeping, the foundations of our nation are being destroyed.
It almost seems hopeless. But God is in control. He has a plan. Still, as we travel to the fulfillment of God’s plan, like Paul we may find that the journey is not pleasant. But pleasant or not we know that we can trust God, because His plans always come together.
It happens all the time. You have your life planned out. But then life happens. Suddenly there are words in your vocabulary that you never wanted to speak. Words like miscarriage, bankruptcy, cancer, ALS, and Alzheimer’s. There are no words to counteract the heartache of those words.
There is only comfort in knowing we have a God with better ways and thoughts. His ways and thoughts are better than ours. He has a perfect plan for our lives. God says to us in Isaiah 41:10 “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will help you; I will hold on to you with My righteous right hand.” Put your trust in God and you will find that His plan always comes together.
“And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. “These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.
In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you; for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from God. I came forth from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father.”
John 16:23-28 NKJV
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Douglas & Deborah Huff
From Down Where the Pavement Ends
Email- douglas@pavementendsministry.com
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive.”
Jeremiah 29:11-14 NKJV
