"God Has a Plan for You"

“God Has a Plan for You”

               "For I know the plans that I have for you," says the Lord. They are plans for good                        and not for disaster,  to give you a future and a hope.   Jeremiah 29:11 (NLT)

Are there times in your life when you feel like you’re all alone and you don’t know what you should do with your life?  I think most of us have felt that way sometime.  However, we must make decisions everyday of our lives; either positive or negative.  One decision you make is to either follow God or not. If you don’t choose to follow God, the enemy of your soul will soon have his hooks in you.

God has plans for our lives as it tells us in Jeremiah and when we don’t listen to Him, we can make some pretty big mistakes.  Many times I have jumped into things I shouldn’t have without asking God about it only to find I should have waited.

Right at this moment while you are reading this, you may be struggling with an issue that calls for an answer.  You may feel all alone in making a decision about it, but you are not!  God has the answer because as it says in Jeremiah 29, “God has good plans for you and not bad ones.”  His plans are for the present and the future, because the decisions you make today will affect your future. 

There are several ways to find out what God wants you to do.  First, pray about it.  Second, read the Bible and thirdly, “Wait on the LORD; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD!”  Psalm 27:14 (NKJV) It is so hard to wait if there is something you want or need right now.  Why is it so hard?  Because you’re not sure if God will give you the answer you want from Him.  We must remember that there is ‘our timing’ and there is ‘God’s timing’.

This age is known as ‘The Instant Age’.  We like micro-wave meals, quick drive-ins, drive-ups, quick buys on Amazon and sending quick messages on Face-book; doing on-line banking, paying bills and connecting on the internet.  We Want it Now! God doesn’t always do things quickly, but in His own time because He knows what we need and when we need it.  There are times when he answers immediately and times when it’s a long wait. 

King David, in the Old Testament struggled many times trying to fit in with the plans God had for him, but he finally learned a little and wanted to share it with others.  In Psalm 37: 5&7, he gives this advice.  “Commit your way to the LORD, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass.” What he suggests is to give it over to God and trust him to take care of it.  Then he goes on in verse 7, “Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently”. Yes, folks; God wants you to be patient.

It makes me think of the song, “Cats in the Cradle”.  It’s about a father and son and as the son was growing up, he asked his dad to do things with him like playing ball, but the father was always too busy.  In the early years, the boy always said, “I’m gonna be like you, Dad.” The son grew up and went to college and when he came home his dad wanted to sit and talk a bit, but the son wanted to do other things.  When the son got married and had his own children, his dad called and told him he would like to see him, but his son said he was too busy. The father hung up the phone and it occurred to him that his son had grown up just like him. It’s a sad song, but so true.

To put it in a spiritual sense, whoever you trust in and spend your time with, is who you’ll be like.  Our heavenly Father always has time for us and is always available.  He has great plans for you if you pray and then wait.  He will direct you in the way you should go.