Tuesday, July 15, 2014

What’s the plan?

Today's blog was contributed by Denise Friedman:

Yesterday we learned that WE can actually limit God because of our expectations.  How do know God wants me to do great things?

God has plans for us which He created for each of us.  “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.  Ephesians 2:10.  God cares so much about us (YOU) that he created good works for you to do long before you were born. 

When you stop to think about that, it can become overwhelming.  We don’t plan things in advance which are meaningless.  The birth or adoption of a baby requires a great deal of planning, it isn’t something which is decided today and occurs tomorrow.  We are currently in “graduation season”  - graduation required many years of effort and the celebration of this accomplishment requires a lot of planning as well.  Weddings also require great amounts of planning.  We try to plan many of the details surrounding the important events in our life. 

If God created these works long ago (and he did), these must be important things he wants us to complete.  God assures us in Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the plans I have for you, declares The Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.”  Reread this scripture and substitute YOUR name everywhere the word “you” appears.  God wants you to know today that he has great plans for YOU! 

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