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Plans for Greatness

    We are told in this life from the start that we need to plan for the future. It starts from childhood with, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" The question continues and when we finally get to high school we are supposed to know where we want to go to college, what we want to major in, and what we want to do as a career. Some people even go as far to plan what age they will be married and where they'll be living and how much money they plan to be making etc. This is expected in our culture, but the Lord's view is different.

    James tells us that such planning is arrogant and presumptuous. How do we know where the Lord will have us in any amount of time? His plans for us are far beyond our mental capacity to understand. We should be looking at our futures with an open mind and heart towards where God might be leading us. His plans for us are good. Who would want to miss out on the best life can offer? 

James 4:13-16 Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.” Otherwise you are boasting about your own plans, and all such boasting is evil. (NLT) 

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)

    That being said, we were all created with natural abilities and desires that perfectly compliment God's design for our life. That means that most of us know, generally, what we want to do with our lives. We naturally gravitate towards the things we were created to do! Even so, we are to let God use the gifts He has created us with in any way He wants.

    Be open to what He has for you today! Invite Jesus into the planning process of your life. Let Him lead you where He wants you to go. There are plans specifically for you, and they are great!

Proverbs 16:9 A man's heart plans his way, but the LORD determines his steps. (HCSB)

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