Does God Have A Plan For Your Life? NO!!!
I hear this quite frequently that “God has a plan for your life”. Yet many people are left wondering what that plan is for their life. Does He Want me to marry and who to? What kind of job does God want me to have? Does he want me to be a missionary, a preacher or an auto mechanic?
Each person has freedom of will to make his or her own decisions in life. We have the freedom to choose whether or not to believe God raised Jesus Christ from the dead and to accept him as lord. So also we have the freedom to choose what we will do with the rest of our lives. You might ask then, “what input does The Almighty have in my day to day life?”
When I was growing up, I never heard anyone except the crazy people in court say that God talked to them. It was just never mentioned. But now, all over Christianity, it is much more common to hear people speak of this subject. God never lost His tongue; we have just become more aware of His voice.
As we live our lives and plan our days, we make many plans. As we plan and prepare, God is right there with us to help, to lead and to direct just as He has done with others throughout history.
Acts 16:6-9 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas. And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
Paul really wanted to take God’s Word to the gentiles in Asia. It was part of what Paul had planned to do on his itinerary. But as he carried out his plan, God said, “No, Macedonia is where I need you next.” Later he went into Asia, and then, when the time was right, he established churches in Ephesus and Colosse and other cities of Asia.
Proverbs 16:9 A man’s heart deviseth his way: But the Lord directeth his steps.
Proverbs 16:1 The preparations of the heart in man, And the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.
E.W. Bullinger has an interesting translation of Proverbs 16:1. “To man pertain the plans of his heart; but from Jehovah comes the final decree (the last word).” This is exactly what happened in the Apostle Paul’s life. He was an individual who understood that as a son of God, he had the freedom to choose which path in life he wanted to take but as he went about his daily work, he was attentive to his Father’s still small voice. God is at work within us to will and to do of His good pleasure. It is up to us to remember to listen to His still, small voice, to listen to His wisdom, to go with His sense of timing, to let Him have the last word. He is just as able and willing to talk to us today as He was in the past with Moses and Samuel and with Peter and Paul.
God has never stopped talking; we have just learned to listen.
So make some plans, just remember to listen.
The Circuit Rider
Each person has freedom of will to make his or her own decisions in life. We have the freedom to choose whether or not to believe God raised Jesus Christ from the dead and to accept him as lord. So also we have the freedom to choose what we will do with the rest of our lives. You might ask then, “what input does The Almighty have in my day to day life?”
When I was growing up, I never heard anyone except the crazy people in court say that God talked to them. It was just never mentioned. But now, all over Christianity, it is much more common to hear people speak of this subject. God never lost His tongue; we have just become more aware of His voice.
As we live our lives and plan our days, we make many plans. As we plan and prepare, God is right there with us to help, to lead and to direct just as He has done with others throughout history.
Acts 16:6-9 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas. And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
Paul really wanted to take God’s Word to the gentiles in Asia. It was part of what Paul had planned to do on his itinerary. But as he carried out his plan, God said, “No, Macedonia is where I need you next.” Later he went into Asia, and then, when the time was right, he established churches in Ephesus and Colosse and other cities of Asia.
Proverbs 16:9 A man’s heart deviseth his way: But the Lord directeth his steps.
Proverbs 16:1 The preparations of the heart in man, And the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.
E.W. Bullinger has an interesting translation of Proverbs 16:1. “To man pertain the plans of his heart; but from Jehovah comes the final decree (the last word).” This is exactly what happened in the Apostle Paul’s life. He was an individual who understood that as a son of God, he had the freedom to choose which path in life he wanted to take but as he went about his daily work, he was attentive to his Father’s still small voice. God is at work within us to will and to do of His good pleasure. It is up to us to remember to listen to His still, small voice, to listen to His wisdom, to go with His sense of timing, to let Him have the last word. He is just as able and willing to talk to us today as He was in the past with Moses and Samuel and with Peter and Paul.
God has never stopped talking; we have just learned to listen.
So make some plans, just remember to listen.
The Circuit Rider
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