God’s Plan

Hello!

Have you ever wanted God to send you a text or a voicemail telling you that it’s going to be okay or you are doing the right thing, that you are on the right path to His plan? People tell you “follow His plan”, “God has a plan for you”, or “Just be patient”.

In my Bible Study, we are working on getting to know the characteristics of Jesus so we can get to know Him more. It was nice to hear that I was not the only one who struggles with hearing God’s voice. There is so much noise in the world that sometimes it’s hard for me to distinguish if that is truly God’s voice. I am learning that a way I can learn is through the Bible. Reading The Word and getting to know Him. During this process, I am learning that God has a plan for me. Yes, I grew up knowing and being taught that He has a plan for my life, though I never really understood that saying until this year. I think, actually I know it’s because I never had both feet ready to follow Him. I just kept it at the back of my mind and did my own thing. I am changing that mindset this year and working on fully trusting Him with all my mind and body.

The past year, I struggled with my mental attitude towards a few things in my life. I let my negative thoughts affect my day which then affected my week, months, and so forth. I have decided to change this. I am tired of living life stressed, unhappy, and anxious. I had a long conversation with God about everything; there were tears, anger, nerves, and relief. I really struggled hearing and feeling God’s presence during the hard times. God and I came up with a great plan and that is me relying on Him and trusting in His plan.

A couple of weeks went by after having this conversation with God. I still felt that fire of trusting in His plan and relying on Him. Then something else happened in my life that made me question some things. Then it hit me, I didn’t fully let go of “my plan” for my life. I was secretly hoping that my plan was going to work. I let go of the strings that I wanted to hold onto, and let me tell you something: if you haven’t experienced that before, it is something I have never experienced before. I had this feeling of content, relief, and peacefulness but I also had a feeling of being scared and unsure. I feel like that is normal because I am human and I am not going to be perfect. Still, I have not regretted this decision. I have moments of doubt and worry, but I remind myself of my conversation and that He has never led me astray in the past.

Back to the whole texting me or leaving me a voicemail, or even writing me a letter, to reassure me things are okay would be nice…I wish God would work like that sometimes. This past week, I felt unsure again. I have a great opportunity that I believe is from God but the opportunity stalled for a week. We did have bad weather and I was trying to stay positive but I was slowly losing that hope. Then that opportunity arose again and that made my spark relight. I could have used a text from God during that week. Sitting here now though, I should have prayed and leaned on God more. He has not hurt me, led me astray, or wasn’t there for me when I needed Him. So, why would He start now? God has a plan for me, He has carved out a path for my life and I am excited to walk through it with Him. I know He has a plan for all of you and I pray that you lean on Him and have that hard conversation with Him.

I encourage you to read Jeremiah 29:1-23 and read what Jeremiah wrote in his letter. This passage gave me security on what God has instore for me. Another passage is Psalms 33:1-22. This passage also is a good when you need encouragement in the waiting.

I pray that you all have a wonderful week and I encourage you to have that hard conversation.

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