Plans are a good thing, right? We are constantly making plans in our lives. As artists, we plan out our ideas for our creative pursuits through talking with trusted peers, sketching, or even writing. Planning ahead can help us work out issues before they happen. This saves us time, money(wasted supplies equals money), and frustration. However, making changes or going in a new direction can be scary even when we plan. Sometimes we would rather just keep on doing what we've always done because it is safe and comfortable. The risk of failure, looking foolish, not being able to actualize your ideas, or exposing ourselves as a hack can paralyze us from working on and implementing our plans. The risk is worth it. Even when plans do not unfold as we had hoped, we can learn so much from the experience....and yes....even the failures. If we make plans and follow through with them in hopes to grow...we will always find success.
For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen. You will find me when you seek me, if you look for me in earnest.
Jeremiah 29:11-13
There are times we make plans based on others. We make plans based on our own wants/desires. We make plans based on partial information. We make plans based on complete information. We make so many plans. Some of those plans are great. Some of those plans.....well....not so much.
How often do we make plans based on what the Lord has for us? There was a time that I thought following God's plan for my life would have me some far away land (and part of my story has been in far away lands). There are times that I thought if I followed God's plan I'd have to give everything I had to the poor, and then I too would be poor too. These misconceptions of God's plan for my life happened because I was not living out Jeremiah 29:11-13. Whatever God's plans for our lives are...they are good...they give us a future....they give us hope! When we live out God's plan for our lives....we will grow. It might not always be easy, but it will grow us and glorify the Lord. You might be wondering how you can know God's plan for your life?!? We also read in these scriptures..."when you pray, I will listen. You will find me when you seek me, if you look for me in earnest.". God desires us to come to him, talk to him, and listen to him. He is not silent. When we seek him in earnest...we will find him & hear from him. Do your plans line up with the God's?
There are times we make plans based on others. We make plans based on our own wants/desires. We make plans based on partial information. We make plans based on complete information. We make so many plans. Some of those plans are great. Some of those plans.....well....not so much.
How often do we make plans based on what the Lord has for us? There was a time that I thought following God's plan for my life would have me some far away land (and part of my story has been in far away lands). There are times that I thought if I followed God's plan I'd have to give everything I had to the poor, and then I too would be poor too. These misconceptions of God's plan for my life happened because I was not living out Jeremiah 29:11-13. Whatever God's plans for our lives are...they are good...they give us a future....they give us hope! When we live out God's plan for our lives....we will grow. It might not always be easy, but it will grow us and glorify the Lord. You might be wondering how you can know God's plan for your life?!? We also read in these scriptures..."when you pray, I will listen. You will find me when you seek me, if you look for me in earnest.". God desires us to come to him, talk to him, and listen to him. He is not silent. When we seek him in earnest...we will find him & hear from him. Do your plans line up with the God's?
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