( Written By The Hubby Jason )
If you have a car, its sole purpose is to be a vehicle of transportation from point A to B. Most cars are made to fulfill this purpose safely, but what if you stepped in to a car and it said to you, Thank you for making me, now this is what I want you to do for me. Sounds crazy and like chaos right!! Well think about how God feels when we tell Him our plans and what we want Him to do.
Now how does this tie into what I am trying to relay, here it goes!
Jeremiah 29:11 states ‘For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for a future and a hope’ (some of this is paraphrased)
God has a plan and purpose for each of us. Many times we see those plans and purposes as an interruption to what we want to do. I have found that when we are trying to get the glory that should be given to God, who makes all things possible, your plans won’t work out as well as you think. Think about Saul in the Bible. God told him what to do with clear instruction, but in his arrogance and greed he went a different direction and ended up in worst shape than what was intended for him and his family line. In many different ways, that’s what we all look like. God tells us to go down a certain road and we veer off thinking we can do it better or know better than the God who made the path for us.
Jonah was another prophet in the Bible, God told him to go to a certain city and proclaim a warning. Jonah said no, that’s ridiculous, how about I go the other way and go somewhere he believed would be better. Well Jonah ended up in a belly of a Fish until he realized he should have followed God’s plan. Once he decided to follow God’s plan, the fish spit him out and he went on to do God’s will and was a success at. (I’m sure he took a shower first before going to the city though, after being in a fish’s belly for a while).
All of this is to say, that God’s plan may not look like what we think or expect it to look like, but if we want to have success following His plan and purpose can exceed your wildest dreams.
I hope this encourages someone to continue to follow God’s plan.
Ashley Wilson 