God’s Plan for You
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 hope and a future.
As little boys and girls, we all dream of being someone important when we grow up. We imagine being a super hero or a princess, we pretend to be fireman or a mommy with lots of babies. Some of us even dream of being a dinosaur or a unicorn. This happens because God has actually designed everyone of us to be important. We instinctively know this because we are created in God’s image; we all have a very specific task to accomplish for our Creator.
Sadly, most of us grow up and lean on our own understanding. We choose to follow our own path instead of the one God has designed for us. I don’t believe we start out to do this; we just simply fail to seek God when we are young. Failing to seek God means someone or something other than God is guiding and directing our steps. Thus, we become someone we are not created to be. Refusing to be who God created us to be leads to confusion.
If we don’t know who we are in Christ, then we’ll have no other option than to be someone we are not. This means that everyday we’ll go through life pretending to be someone else. The sad part is that most people don’t even realize they are pretending to be someone else. The years of living outside of God’s will for our life blinds us to what is true. Our own sin and self-deception wraps us in darkness like a cocoon. We can sense that something is not quite right, but we just don’t know what to do about it.
Not knowing the will of God for our lives means that we become like children again, who dress up and pretend to be someone they are not. Sadly, our real lives, even the pretend parts, are far less appealing than super heroes and royalty. So, what do we do?
The good news is that it is never to late to ask God to guide and direct our steps. By simply asking God to open our eyes to who we are created to be, we can begin a new life in Christ. Don’t make things more difficult than they need to be. The truth is simple, if we are going the wrong direction, pretending to be someone we are not, then we must simply ask God for help and head in a new direction; a God led direction.
As we continue to walk daily with our Creator, we will gain more wisdom and insight into who we are actually created to be. The more time we spend in prayer the more clearly we will see who we are. Remember, prayer is simply talking to God, telling Him the same things you’d tell your best friend. The more we learn to be still and hear God’s voice and sense the Holy Spirit leading us, the more we will become the person we are created to be.
The point is simple, the more time we spend with God, the more clearly we will see who we are and what we are created to do in life. Then and only then will we live an abundant life full of God’s Presence and blessing.
Psalm 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.
Psalm 119:133 Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me.
