I’m the type of guy who likes to plan. Don’t get me wrong, I’m far too lazy to be a control freak. But I love to spend time mapping out the calendar and planning the budget. However, I’ve learned the hard way that my plans often fall flat in failure.
When I pursue things that are solely my own plans, and they conflict with God’s will for my life, failure is the only possibility. I’ve found that true in my life, time and time again.
When I graduated from college I moved to Georgia and planned for my girlfriend to move there. I envisioned the American dream… working hard at a good job, starting a family, living a good life. However, my girlfriend didn’t like Georgia and I wasn’t living the kind of life God had planned for me there. So much for my planning abilities. Ultimately, I changed. I gave up. My girlfriend (now my wife) and I submitted our lives to Christ. We submitted our plans and dreams to Him. He moved us several states north and gave us a new life, a Church to call home and grow in, and a family. I’m overwhelmed by His blessings daily.
Only by pure submission, denial of our worldly desires for something greater, can we truly experience the awesome fullness of life. The focus of our lives shifts from ourselves to Christ.
It’s not about me. It’s not about you. We’ve been given eternal life through the undeserved Grace of God and his perfect plan in Christ. We’re being tremendously blessed as we grow closer to Him. But it’s not about us. It’s about saving the lives of others by helping them find the Grace that we’ve been given and thereby bringing glory to God. “He must become greater; I must become less.” (John 3:30)
Monday, January 07, 2008
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Hey John your post was great. Eastview is doing a two week study on God’s Will. It seems that it is such a simple concept. We are here to do His will and not ours but we let our will take over some times. And you are right, that a soon as we realize that we have to submit to Him, everything seems to fall into place. He has a plan for all of us. In my life it took a life changing event to see that I was not heading in the right direction. But I had a great brother in Christ that was there to help me. Thank you John. Love ya brother.
Wow! God is so good.
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