This is a copy of this weeks message. We are all on a path to know God's will for our life. So, read and enjoy God's word.
Planning can be everything, and nothing. The heart of a man has many decisions to make, but the heart of a man is also deceitfully wicked. Should we trust our heart? Many times people will tell you in the midst of hard decisions,” Just trust your heart, or follow your heart. This raises a question,
What if your heart is against the will of God, what if your heart is wrong? Truth is at the heart of God. With God it’s not just about a feeling or opinion, it’s about following truth in order to achieve truth.
The reason that the Bible tells us the condition of the heart is to remind us of the focus of the heart.
All people have Self on their heart!
Man is for the most part conniving, and scheming with a plan to accomplish. So many times their plans are foiled by the reality that God is in control. Even the Apostle Paul dealt with this. The difference with Paul was his allegiance. Paul believed in making decisions, but he didn’t believe he should make them on his own. He didn’t believe in following his heart, he believed in following “The will of God.”
22 For this reason I also have been much hindered from coming to you. 23 But now no longer having a place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come to you, 24 whenever I journey to Spain, I shall come to you. Making a plan is not bad! I even encourage planning. In fact, we need a balanced plan. If our plan is for the enhancement of others, yet at the same time enhances the gospel, we have planned well. If we follow according to God’s plan we also may benefit. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while. 25 But now I am going to Jerusalem to minister to the saints. Paul always put the Gospel at the front of every plan; his plan was God’s glory being displayed. It didn’t matter what arena he was in. Work or play there was no separation. 26 For it pleased those from Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are in Jerusalem. 27 It pleased them indeed, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister to them in material things. 28 Therefore, when I have performed this and have sealed to them this fruit, I shall go by way of you to Spain. 29 But I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
Romans 15:22-29
The Apostle Paul had a plan. His plan was to preach the Gospel, but his plan was also hindered. He told the Roman Christians that he wanted to come to them by way of Spain. Paul reached Rome, but theologians are not sure if he ever made it to Spain, and we know what happened in Rome. So, what do we do when we think we are on the right track, but find out that God has another plan?
Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.
Tony Robbins
This is sometimes hard for people. If we are committed to our plan how do we leave room for God to change the plan? When I don’t know what to do, I do what I am already on track to do, and let God make the changes so I know it’s him. Don’t let change freeze you! Keep moving. When you’re going through Hell, DON’T STOP! Keep moving!
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
Margaret Thatcher
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; 14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.”
James 4:13-15
The will of God for our lives is a relationship with Him through Christ. Nothing else is guarantied. God wants us to look for His will in a relationship, not a person place or thing. We get hung up in the details, and let God be the after thought. We ought to let God have the details, and we become the after thought. Put your focus on the Word of God. Get to know Him. He has not left us guessing. He tells us who He is, He is our father and He loves us.
~Chef Paul
