God's Plan

Wouldn't be nice to know God's plan for our lives?  We would all like to know the direction the Lord would have us to go and we would like to know just exactly what He would have us to do.  When we read His Word, the Bible, and we listen to the promptings of the Holy Spirit, whom indwells everyone that has placed his or her faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior we can get a better sense to what HE would have us to do.

Sometimes God's plan for our lives aren't clear as we wish they would be.  We like to know things right now, but sometimes God makes us to wait.  Sometimes the Lord leads us through a dark valley in order to be better prepared to do those things that He has called us to do.  Life isn't always easy and sometimes the Lord calls us to do things that are beyond our capabilities so that He will get the glory for working through us and we won't be able to take any credit what so ever.

I do like the verse that some have called the, "Refrigerator Magnet" verse because that is where one usually finds it.  The verse is found in Jeremiah 29:11 which says,

"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the Lord,
"plans to prosper you and not harm you,
plans to give you hope and a future."

This is something that God said to the children of Israel through the prophet Jeremiah as they where about to be led into captivity in Babylon for seventy years.  Sometimes people forget the context of this verse, but we must also remember the great promise that God makes to us through it.

The Lord does have a plan for our lives and He gives us a wonderful hope and future.  We have a true living hope in the Lord Jesus Christ.  The Lord will lead us and direct our steps through the Holy Spirit.  God will equip us and prepare us for the work He has planned for us to do.  We just need to trust Him and be obedient to His call.

We may not always get step by step instructions and we will wonder at times what God is up to, but we can rest assure that God is faithful and He will see us through each step of the way.

Lord,
Thank You for the plans that You have for us.
Lead us direct our steps to do Your will.
In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen.