GOD HAS A SPECIAL PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE

Marcella Ward    October 12, 2022

 

Did you know that God has a special plan for your life?  Before you even came to be, God had a special plan for your life.

PSALM 139:13-18

For you created my inmost being;
    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
¹⁴ I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,
    I know that full well.
¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made in the secret place,
    when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
¹⁶ Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.
¹⁷ How precious to me are your thoughts, God!
    How vast is the sum of them!
¹⁸ Were I to count them,
    they would outnumber the grains of sand—
    when I awake, I am still with you. NIV

God loves you with an everlasting love.  He is your Father and He is always with you.

PSALM 91:14-16

“Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”  NIV

God does have a very special plan for your life.  When He looked at David, He did not just see a shepherd boy, but a King of Israel.  When God looked at Gideon, He did not see someone unworthy of God’s calling to defeat the Midianites but a champion who would defeat the enemy.  When God looked at Sarah, He did not see a woman whose womb was barren because she was too old to conceive, but a woman who would give birth to Isaac.  God had a plan for their lives before they were even born!

I believe that when God looked at Martin Luther King Jr., He saw one of the greatest civil rights leaders of all time.  I believe when God looked at Dietrich Bonhoeffer, he saw a man that would stand up to the Nazi Regime who were slaughtering the Jews.  I believe that when God looked at Mother Teresa of Calcutta, He saw a compassionate servant to the poor and forgotten.

When God looks at you, I believe He sees someone He loves very much.  He had a plan, through Jesus Christ, to save you from your sins so you would spend eternity with Him.  I believe that when God looks at you, He sees the plans He has for you and the person you were created to be.

How can you and I know what God’s plan is for our lives?  Read the Bible because, in it, you will learn to know God and He will reveal to you His plan for your life, as a child of God.  You will learn about your inheritance as a child.  You will learn about the gifts that He has for you to help you navigate your life in every situation because He has also given us the Holy Spirit Who is our counselor and defender.

Maybe those dreams that you had ever since you were a child were sent to you by God Who fashioned you in your mother’s womb.  Maybe those were the plans God was speaking to you because He wrote a book about you before you were born.  Some say that the angels read your book in Heaven and help you carry out God’s plan for your life here on earth!

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.  NIV

PSALM 37:4-5

Take delight in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.  Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this:  NIV

God does love us more than we can imagine.  He does have a special plan for our lives.  Just like an earthly mother or father, so He, Who is the Creator of all things, knew His plans for you even before you were just a “twinkle” in your mother’s and father’s eyes!

 A Letter From Jesus:

Dear Friend,

I just had to send you a note to tell you how much I love you and care for you. I saw you yesterday as you were talking to your friend. I waited all day hoping you would want to talk with me. As evening came, I gave you a sunset to close your day and a breeze to rest you and I waited. You never came. Sure, it hurts me, but I still love you because I am your friend.

I saw you fall asleep last night and I longed to touch your face. Again I waited wanting to rush down so we could talk. I have so many gifts for you. You got up late and rushed off to work/school. My tears were in the rain.

Today you looked so sad - so all alone. It makes my heart ache because I understand. My friends let me down many times too, but I love you.

If you would only listen to me! I love you! I try to tell you in the blue sky and in the quiet green grass. I whisper it in the leaves, in the trees, and breathe it in the colors of the flowers. I shout it to you in the mountain streams and give the birds' love songs to sing. I clothe you with warm sunshine and sweeten the air with nature scents.

My LOVE for you is deeper than the ocean and bigger than the biggest want or need in your heart. If you would only know how much I want to walk and talk with you. I know how hard it is on Earth. I really know! And I want to help you.

I want you to meet my Father. He wants to help you too. My Father is that way you know. Just call me - ask me - talk with me! Please don't forget me! I have so much to share with you! Alright, okay, I won't bother you anymore. You are free to choose me. It's your decision. I have chosen you, and because of this I will wait, and wait, and wait, because I love you.

Your Friend, Jesus

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Marcella Ward   October 12, 2022      Author of “Stolen Identity: Plan of the Evil One”