I remember from most of my teacher friends that lesson plans
are a real bone of contention. I don’t understand what all is involved but
yesterday I noticed a friend posted on social media that she had lost a
thousand pound weight – lesson plans were done for a class she’s taking at
college! I also have a friend who has been sharing information about estate
planning, especially for those who don’t have the finances to pay a lawyer or
an estate planner. This will be a real help for many people.
Even with gardening and crop farming, there has to be a
plan. You’ve got to know when to plant, what to plant, how much to plant and
how to care for what you’ve planted. Without the proper plan all you can do is
throw out seeds and hope something happens. It’s haphazard at best and going to
be a waste of time and money.
From teachers to farmers, everyone has to make plans. We all
need plans to create, organize and enjoy our lives. We need plans to spend, save and pay our
bills. We need plans to even have a great vacation or wedding or other exciting
and fun event in our lives. A good marriage requires planning, even after the I
Do’s. Finding time alone is important to
plan for couples with young children. Planning is required to have success in
any area of life.
Planning for our spiritual life must be done as well. Unless
we follow God’s plan, we have little hope to produce fruit in our lives or grow
in faith and knowledge. If we don’t begin at the beginning, with His plan for
salvation, we will never be able to make any other lasting plans. But with the
foundational work done by the Lord Himself, we can build and make plans that
will be for His glory and our good. God not only gave us a plan for eternal
life, He has given us plans for godliness and abundant living.
Maybe you are having a hard time seeing God’s plan through
the tears, through the fears, through the hard knocks of life. Maybe you had
plans and they were good, but they’ve fallen by the wayside or someone ruined
them for you. You can hold fast to God in spite of these things, because God
Himself is your Life and Estate Planner! His plans never fail, though we seem
to be at others’ mercy many times, we are never out of His abundant care, as
long as we hold onto God’s eternal, unchangeable, immutable plans.
Oh beloved, God has a wonderful plan for your life! Open His
plan book, the Word of God, this morning and read about His plans. Read again
how He has plans to prosper you, give you hope, give you a future and bless you
with joy and peace, faithfulness and forgiveness. When God speaks to you He
says, I AM your Planner, I AM your Guide, I AM your Answer to every situation
of life! You can trust ME because I AM that I AM and I will guide you, bless
you, forgive you, redirect you, redeem you, uphold you, care for you all the
days of your life. And when I AM ready to take you home, I AM the One who will
welcome you in to My Father’s House. You have nothing to fear and nothing to
dread for as you follow Me, I will protect and deliver you from every messy
plan that others try to give you and wipe them from your heart, replacing them
once again with My plans. I love you and I am always for you and that’s a plan
worth following!
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,” says
the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future
and a hope.”
Psalm 33:11 But the Lord’s plans stand firm forever; His
intentions can never be shaken.
Psalm 40:5 O Lord my God, you have performed many wonders
for us. Your plans for us are too numerous to list. You have no equal. If I
tried to recite all Your wonderful deeds, I would never come to the end of
them.
Jude 1:1-2 This letter is from Jude, a
slave of Jesus Christ and a brother of James. I am writing to all who have been
called by God the Father, who loves you and keeps you safe in the care of Jesus
Christ. May God give you more and more mercy, peace, and love.
