Monday, February 6, 2012

Romans 14:7-8 "God's Plans"


Romans 14:7-8, Jeremiah 29:11, Proverbs 19:21

            “For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone. If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.”

            We do not belong to ourselves –our lives are not our own. We owe everything we are to God. Every breath we take, even our very existence is because of what he has done. And though we may not always be able to see it, God has a plan for our life. “’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 a hope and a future.’” (Jeremiah 29:11) Many times, however, we cling to our own plans and ideas of how things should be done instead of considering God’s plan for our lives. Perry Noble once said, “We need to allow our dreams to die to allow God’s plan to be fully alive.” This life is not our own and it is God’s plans, not our own, that we should focus on. Proverbs 19:21 says, “Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.”

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