Day 289 - The Problem Fixer

Thoughts on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength (Vol. 1) - # 301

         

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Christianity suffers too often from Christians looking at the forest and missing the trees.  It really is almost beyond comprehension that plain, uncomplicated Truth is not enough for so many.  “Man” thinks himself into many of his dilemmas.

And then, many will take a scripture out of context, claim it, and be frustrated when “the Word” didn’t come true in their life.  Today’s text is one of those.  Yes, God DOES have a plan for each life, but His plan is not always the same as everyone else’s.  All it takes is one event that differs from “the plan” and people give up on God.

Michael gives us God’s thinking, instead of “man’s” thinking, on this whole idea of “the plan God has for us.”  Soak on Michael’s words of this day’s writing, and see if “the plan” will come true in your life…

DAY 289

The Problem Fixer

“For I know the plan that I have for you,” declares the Lord God, “plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.” --Jeremiah 29:11

What is the plan that God has for us? Many believe that God’s plan is a specific area of service, a place to live, or the right job. The aforementioned are merely the vehicles that help complete the plan, but of themselves they are not the plan. His plan is the expression of Christ’s life through us as described in chapters five through seven of Matthew. Therefore, it really is not of ultimate importance where we move or what vocation we take up, for God is able to use every event of life to complete His plan. Our only responsibility before moving out in any direction is to say, “If the Lord wills I will go to such and such a place.”

           

How often do we find ourselves struggling, stumped by a problem, and then once the answer is discovered, we have a sense of elation. We are made in the image of God; He, too, enjoys fixing a problem. As our loving Father, He fixes every problem that man creates. The first problem that Adam and Eve created was the most severe: They cut themselves off from God. He fixed the problem in a way that we far lesser beings would never have imagined by becoming a man Himself. In our free will we move where we want, work where we want, have as many children as we want, and God does an amazing thing, in that every problem resulting from our decisions is guided by Him to move us deeper into His plan, the expression of His life within us. Is it not amazing that He causes all things to work together for good for those who love Him? 

Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point      Green – IT, Incredible Truth        

Red – GP, Greatest Promises

Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches           Pink – PV, Priceless Victory

I love God’s plan to express Christ’s Life through me as described in chapters five through seven of Matthew.  I see my responsibility before moving out in any direction is to say, “If the Lord wills…”  May the Lord find me faithful to be so abandoned to Him.

Well, amen.

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