a new plan

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 (6:40 a.m.)

Awesome God,

We need a new plan. I said it several times yesterday. We definitely need a new plan!

I'm looking to You. You, the Creator of all things. You, the Master Planner. You, the One who changes hearts and empowers us to “do all things through Christ, who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13).

This I know to be true. I've seen You work in me through the years. I am grateful to be loved by You. As I breathe in deeply, I truly believe You to be 'able to bring us through danger into Your very presence without fault. All this is due to Jesus Christ, who sums up in Himself the majesty, the power, and the authority of God' (Jude 1:24-25; Illustrated Bible Handbook).

So again I say, with my heart desperately asking (Matthew 7:7), we need a new plan! Lifelong patterns are difficult to break. I'm going in now to work on a sorting and discarding project that will prove to be FAR bigger than myself. Ah, but not You!

You are so much bigger than anything we can ever come across. I turn to You. Asking. Seeking. Knocking.

The Life Recovery Bible has a comment for Jeremiah 29:11. “In our despair, we must remember that God has a special plan for each of us; He wants to bless us.” I believe this. It continues reminding us that “Our challenge is to act on that knowledge.”

Blessed God, it is absolutely my desire to trust You. Believing that You 'can do much more than we ask You to do, or we even think of. You do it by Your power which is working in us' (Ephesians 3:20, Worldwide English). Use Your power in me this day.

A new plan? How about I just embrace the one You already have for us? Thank You that You love me God. Help me use that love to Your good and to Your glory. Thank You. I love You. Amen.

(334 words ~ 8:12 a.m.)