God Always Has the Best Plan!

Babbie Mason wrote these words, "God is too wise to be mistaken. God is too good to be unkind. When you don't understand and can't see His plan, when you can't trace His hand, TRUST HIS HEART."   -(From a sermon by Jerry Watts, God's Gifts To Us, 6/24/2010)

In James 4:13-17, James councils men against the foolishness of making plans without consideration for the will of God in the matter. All James is saying is that you and I can make any plans we wish to make, but God always has the final say in the matter. Then, when we learn His plans for the situation, and we make our plans based on His plans, we find out that He had the best plan all along!

However, we humans like to make our plans, don’t we? We want things to go the way we want them to go. But, have you ever thought that God might have a better plan? For example...

1) When Peter and the others had fished all night without catching a fish, Jesus told them to out into the deep water and they would catch fish (Luke 5:4-8). Peter’s plan was to forget fishing for that day and go home. But, when he obeyed the Lord, he found out that God had the best plan!

2) When Jesus told His disciples that He was going to die, Peter rebuked the Lord (Matthew 16:21-23). Peter thought he had a good plan, but when Jesus went to the cross and paid for sins forever, Peter found out that God had the best plan.

3) When Goliath saw David coming to meet him for battle. He had plans to kill David and feed his carcass to the scavengers of the field (1 Samuel 17:41-49). But, when that stone sank deep into his forehead and he fell to the earth dead, he found out that God had the best plan!

4) When Israel sent spies into Canaan and saw the giants that lived there (Numbers 13-14); they made plans to find themselves a new leader to go back to Egypt. But, over the next forty years, as they died one by one in the wilderness, they learned that God has the best plan.

Now, I could go on giving you example after example from the pages of God’s Word, but this truth is fleshed out really well in Judges 7:1-23. When Gideon and his army went into battle, they must have had a plan, but before the battle was joined and the victory was won, they found out that God had the best plan.

I would like for you to consider that thought today: God has the best plan. As we do, let's learn the lesson that God’s plan may not be the easiest plan; it may not be the most popular plan; it may not even seem like the smartest plan; but God always has the best plan!

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11; Proverbs 16:9;  Ephesians 2:10; 1 John 5:4; Ephesians 2:8-9; John 1:12

Prayer: Dear Lord, I love you with all my heart. Sometimes I feel as if there are people who do not want me to love you, please help me show them how loving and wonderful you truly are. Amen

Have a blessed day!

Danielle