The same can be said about us. We may not be the promised Messiah, but God is all His infinite knowledge, love and wisdom, knew about us and has planned on us before we were ever thought about or born.
Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. He knew us and set a plan in motion for our lives.
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
Just like many parents plan for the arrival of a child, God planned on you. When I found out I was pregnant, my husband and I began planning, what we would need, how to prepare, and what name to give. God planned on providing a plan for our lives as well as providing a means of salvation from sin for each of us. I have watched people prepare for many big events in life. Go to college or training to prepare for a job, saving money to purchase a car or a house, preparations to propose marriage, planning retirement, planning for the future. There are so many examples. God is the same way in that respect, he planned for the future of each of us.
The one thing in Luke chapter 1:38 that really stood out is that Mary agreed and accepted the plan of God revealed by the Angel. She didn’t argue, or run, she said :
“I am the Lordʼs servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.
We get to make a choice to follow His plan or not to follow that plan. Mary could have said no but she chose to obey. Can you imagine if she said no. Would God have found someone else?
God has a purpose and a plan for every life that is conceived. He has a plan. We may not see our own purpose, others may not see our purpose, we may not see our purpose, or think we are important to God or any one else for that matter. But God sees purpose. He has a plan.
In Psalms 139:13, it says we are fearfully and wonderfully made. In the beginning, Genesis describes us as made in the image of God. Ecclesiastes 3:11 says He has made everything beautiful in His time. Proverbs 16:4 says He has made all things for himself.
Psalms 139:13-18
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you.
Jeremiah 29:11-13 God has an expected future or end for is.
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 hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
God’s plan for us will lead us, protect us, bring about good in our lives, build our faith in Him, and help us build relationship with Him. Stepping out of that plan does the opposite in our lives. That does not mean, trials and hard times won't come, but it does mean we will have hope, we will have a Peacemaker, and a friend that sticks closer than any one else.
I have seen and experienced seeing God's plan at work even for those who took a detour away from the plan. Ito have seen lives trapped in addiction delivered. To most people, they were hopeless cases. But God heard the prayers of their parents and others who kept hope in Jesus. God brought them both out of the addiction, restored them, changed them.
I can tell you some things that happen, not all, but some are an attempt of the enemy of our soul to disrupt the plan God has for us. Unfortunately, we may fall victim to others who are out of the will of God. That is not God’s plan. It grieves Him, but He will not infringe upon free will. There are abuses that occur, consequences that alter lives and affect the families and friends. We suffer sometimes at the hands of others. But God will still be there to help us pick up the pieces and move forward. He can heal us and bring us through whatever has happened to give us what He planned all along. His love heals and helps. His love can cover all and remove the hurts that run deep into our souls. His love restores.
God sees us as so valuable that He willingly died in our place, faced death and He’ll take our place just to be able to give us the opportunity to walk with Him in His will. He provided a plan of salvation for the those He loves and hates to see suffering because of sin: you and me. Each of us are precious and valuable. God planned for you and me from the very beginning of this world, because He knew us and loved us before anyone ever planned on us or thought of us. Before a parent knew you, God knew you.
God's plan is waiting and ready for each of us. We all stray because we have been born into sin, but God can restore us and set us back on the correct path when we turn to Him. We may have gotten off track, all messed up, and even taken far from God in this life, but God is ready and waiting to hear us call out to Him. He will answer. There is a song that says, no matter how far we have walked away, it’s only one step back. I want you to understand that God planned on you. You are not a mistake. You are loved and precious to Him. He is waiting with open arms to love you, forgive you, and place you in His will, when we call on Him, repent, and seek His will for our lives. I urge each of us to take a look at our hearts and lives. If we find we are not walking in His path, let’s ask Him to make it right for us. Let’s walk in His plan and allow God to do what He has been planning all along. To bless us, love us, keep us, help us, and bring us through this life into eternity with Him.
