A friend of mine used to say:
“God’s got a plan…and it’s a good one.”
My friend is now with the Lord after battling leukemia for many years. Besides the obvious encouragement those words bring about God’s good plans, what sticks with me most is that he would say those words at some of his lowest points.
How is it that one can say God’s plans are good while everything around seems the opposite? I’m glad you asked. This stance of faith comes from a trust that God is working in all things in such a way that is best for His people (check Rom 8:28). But it’s more than that.
Trusting God’s plans involves understanding how you and I fit into them. If you do not see yourself front and center in God’s working you can begin to feel that He is distant, aloof, unaware, or worse, uncaring, when actually He’s in everything and will use everything for your benefit. This is what Solomon concludes:
“To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven…He has made everything beautiful in its time.” (Ec 3:1, 11)
Those words tell me that every season of living has a purpose, and that God will make something beautiful out if it in time. My prayer for you is that you learn to trust God’s plans and see your self fitting into them
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