The God-Screening Service

"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".         Jeremiah 29:11   NIV

Things may not have been going too well just lately. Perhaps, some of our plans have failed and we've been left disappointed. Let's just stop there and reflect. Are the plans that we have been making our own or, are they of God? There's a big difference here. Many plans fail because we leave God out of the process, and we need to change this.

Proverbs 3:5-6 says 'Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths'. Now, we either believe that or we don't. Some people like to make their own plans for the smaller, not so important parts of their lives. But, everything in our lives is important to God, we should always have that in mind when we make our plans because, He may have something better. He may also want to protect us from something that would cause us harm if we went ahead on our own plan. The emphasis in the Proverbs 3 statement is the word 'All'. Everything needs to go through the God-Screening Service.

God wants to prosper us and give us hope and a future. He is ordaining the best for our future, so let Him. As we saw yesterday, the world doesn't like us and may try to harm us if necessary. In their eyes, we may be an after-thought and second best. Our family may even do the same. But in God's eyes, we are not an after-thought, we are constantly on His mind and He'll never consider us second best. We are the elite. So stand tall in this knowledge.

We may be falsely accused of something, wrongly imprisoned and/or be utterly abandoned by the world. We may stumble at times but, let us keep our eyes on Jesus and He'll prevent us from falling. Check out Jeremiah 29:12-14 and let it soak in:

'Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.  13And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.  14I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive'.

This is so encouraging, we should always read around well known scriptures so that we don't miss important bits. As we call on God, He will listen and as we seek Him with all of our heart and this means the difficult times when we don't really feel like praying. However, as we breakthrough that barrier, we will find Him and He will take action. He's always listening but, He wants to know that we trust him and love him more than anything else in the world. He must be No1, when He is, He will come through for us.

Let us ensure that we run everything through The God-Screening Service so that our plans mirror His. That makes sense!

If you don't know Jesus or, have fallen away, why not say this prayer right now

Lord Jesus, I have sinned. I ask you to forgive me and be my Lord and Saviour. Please come into my heart, fill me with Your Spirit and give me a brand new start today. In Jesus' Name. Amen

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