I have plans for you

I have plans for you

For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11 NLT

It takes no imagination to see the fruition of the grand plans of mankind. One would only need to cast a gaze upon the towers of a big city or to use the smallest of electronic devices. We can hear the plans of musicians or look upon the plotted scrawling of artists. But not all plans are plotted out in benevolence. Malevolent plans brought enslaved Africans to American shores and yet another plan was poured out upon the Jews of Europe during WWII. Most everyone has a plan at work in some way...

I have heard the words, "God has a plan for you" so often that I fear I have lost count. But the repetition of the promise has not caused me to loose confidence in God's ability to design and guide my steps. Though, I admit that I sometimes circumstances push us to ask some hard questions. “Did God plan out our entire existence just to suffer?” - “Did He plan our pain and suffering for ecclesiastical fun?” – “Did He plan the joyous moments too? Did He plot out my specific path to righteousness?”

What plan could God have that would require the death of His son? What grand scheme is worth the pain, suffering and trouble? Let me dare to say that the answer is you. The answer is me. We are the impetus of God's grand plan! The chaos we experience isn’t the plan, peace is the plan. Evil is not God’s plan, the good is His plan. Anticipation and a great future are the ingredients of God’s plan and promise for us.

While you may hold reservations about the plans of mankind, rest assured that God’s plan for us is one where God and mankind both benefit for the good.