“I think God is a
Planner!”
I
am not the world’s greatest planner. My
calendar is planned out for 3 years on many things, but when it comes to
organizing every detail of planning an event – I’m NOT the guy to do that. I remember having a cookout years ago with
the whole church and school staff at my house.
We were having hot dogs, hamburgers, and a dish to pass from everyone
there. I led the prayer before we ate,
and God spoke to me during that prayer.
God spoke so clearly, it was amazing!
Here is what He said (remember, He said this as I was leading a prayer
with about 60 people in my back yard):
God said, “Hey,
Julian! You forgot to get buns.”
I
kept praying, but the reality was maybe that I was stalling to say amen and
admit to forgetting buns. I had all the
ketchup, mustard, onions, relish, tomatoes, etc. for hot dogs and hamburgers,
but no buns. After praying, I admitted
my mistake and everyone laughed (except my wife). She felt bad for me. She is a great planner of this stuff. I am not.
As
I look at creation, it is easy for me to see that God was planning way ahead of
anything we could even imagine. Look at
the trees changing colors. Consider the
human body and everything we are just now discovering about his creation. Think about salvation through Jesus who lived
on the earth 2,000 years ago. God is a
planner, and this week, I came across something that really had meaning about
the kind of planning He is still doing.
He is planning to provide us with opportunities to do good things for
others as we live our lives. Ephesians 2:10 “For we are God’s workmanship, created in
Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
Family
Discussion Points!
Who
is the BEST planner in your family? Who
loves to “fly by the seat of their pants?”
Where
do you see people spend the most time planning for a certain event (party,
wedding, graduation, etc.)?
Talk
about what it means to plan for eternity with Jesus? If you plan to have faith in Jesus your whole
life, what gets high priority?
How
does it feel to know God planned for you to do good works for other people?
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