Man Makes Many Plans, But It Is The Lord's Purpose That Prevails
For His Name Sake
PROVERBS 19:21
“There are many plans in a man’s heart, Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand.”
Proverbs 19:21 NKJV
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We all make plans, but God’s plan will always stand. Nothing can stop God’s plans, He made them from the beginning of creation and shall come to pass.
But why my beloved, would anyone want to change that what is perfect?
God’s plan from beginning and throughout all eternity is perfect and cannot be bettered nor changed.
He and all His creation is holy, absolute perfection.
I imagine the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in counsel (in a meeting) discussing, contemplating, and planning in every tiny detail all creation, the heavens and the earth and everything in it; including you and your life and all people, Gods perfect plan.
When a car manufacturer creates a new car, it starts of in the planning stages. The designers know the basic purpose of the vehicle is to take them from A to B.
But then they look at its particular purposes and plan its gifts and abilities.
For example: how many seats; does it require four wheel drive, they consider luggage space; speed; comfort; sat-nav, and so on. Then they build the vehicle with its gifts according to its particular purpose.
They name it and finally, they give an instruction manual on how best to use and take care of it to get the best out of it.
They put their name badge on it, and give it warranty.
If your new car fails within the warranty period, the manufacturer, will fix it free of charge, not because they are kind or because they like you, but for their name’s sake.
In the same way, when God planned your life, He already knew His plan and purpose for you.
He gifted you physically and spiritually to do all the things He has planned for your life (see 1 CORINTHIANS 12).
Maybe He gifted you with prophecy, or healing, or with a beautiful voice to sing, or the ability to teach, or to preach. You may have desires to do other things, but the truth is, if you stick to God’s plan, you will come to realise your God given abilities, your full potential and you will have overall victory through Christ who is your strength (PHILIPPIANS 4:13).
I imagine the Father saying in their meeting: “what if these humans mess up and fall into sin; that would cut their life short and damage our reputation?”
Then I imagine Jesus saying, “I know, I will go to earth in human form and die on a cross to pay the debt of their sin, giving them the opportunity of forgiveness and eternal life; and that would protect Our good reputation.” “Furthermore, Father, when I return , You could send Your Holy Spirit to help them live right.”
Jesus said, ““If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.”
John 14:15-18 NKJV
God had an amazing plan for His people from the beginning of time, He knew our faults, failures, and every sin that would justify our eternal death, past, present, and future.
But He made a way where there was no way, He came to earth in human form and paid the debt of all sin on a cross and on the third day was risen, justifying our eternal future with Him.
Furthermore, God sent His holy Spirit to help us and lead us all the way and is our guarantee that He will give us the inheritance He promised and sealed our eternal future (EPHESIANS 1:13-14; 2 CORINTHIANS 1:22) and that He purchased us to be His very own people. He did this was done out of His selfless love (JOHN 3:16) and so we would praise and glorify Him (EPHESIANS 1:14).
But to receive the Holy Spirit one must be believe and be committed to Him.
Therefore, take heed of Peters words, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.””
Acts 2:38-39 NKJV
The Holy Bible, whilst startling out as a book of prophecy, is day by day turning into a book of history; it is a book of immense power far beyond written words.
It is more than a simple book of words put together by human authors. It is a weapon of mass destruction against the devil, an instruction book on how to live, and brings change from within; it changes our very nature (ROMANS 12:1-2). “For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Hebrews 4:12 NKJV
The truth is, the Word is God. For “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.”
John 1:1-5 NKJV
The Word is God, exposing all darkness and is working through us to bring transformation as we take it in. Furthermore, it is our instruction manual on how to live right.
Read it, learn it, receive it and digest it; put into practice all you learn from it, and speak over yourself and others in prayer, and get the best out of your life.
It gives individual instruction for pretty much every circumstance. Whether married, single, young, or old; whatever your calling or career; it is personal instruction for you.
My brethren, it is wise to commit our plans to the Lord (16:3), for when one’s plans oppose the Lord as in Psalm 2:1-3, that person may become Gods enemy.
But he whose ways are from God will certainly succeed (16:1 and 9).
The truth is, God is working in us believers, giving us the desire and the power to do what pleases Him (PHILIPPIANS 2:13).
He gave His Holy Spirit to His people to lead them in His righteousness according to His plans and purposes.
But the truth is, we can choose my way or God’s way, and there is no room for compromise; we cannot live in God’s kingdom with one’s foot in the world.
“I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.”
Galatians 5:16-26 NKJV
God loves you; furthermore He died for you, paying your debt in full, that you might live, giving you a way to have peace and joy in the chaos of today’s world and to receive the gift of life for all eternity.
If you haven’t already, commit your life to Jesus; He said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
John 14:6 NKJV
All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.
