It's A Good Plan

We are most assuredly engaged in a Spiritual Warfare! The enemy of our God and of our souls has launched an all out attack on the people of God. He seeks to divide and conquer—captivate and destroy. He will try to convince us to focus on our circumstances in an effort to cause us to feel hopeless and helpless. He wants you to feel as if God has abandoned you. He wants to cause you to doubt and fear.

I am sure there were times when the Children of Israel doubted anything good in their future. They found themselves wandering in the wilderness for forty years, and later they found themselves in bondage in foreign lands. Yes, it was because they had been disobedient, but God’s purpose was not merely to punish them! God loved them and He had planned great things for them. His purpose in their wanderings and captivity was to teach them to not only trust Him, but also to obey His commands—preparing them to truly be the people of God as a witness to the nations. His words of encouragement to them by the prophet Jeremiah: “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end” (Jeremiah 29:11).

We are not where we are by accident. Each of us, no doubt, has experienced troubling times. There have been feelings of confusion, fear, hopelessness, and even anger. Some people would tell us to fight and some would tell us to do nothing and just wait it out, but God says “"Don't listen to people I haven't sent. You are where you are because I care, and I'm still working on you. Don't look only at the circumstances, trust My judgment. I have a plan for you, and I will bring it to pass."

Jesus warned that as long as we are in this world we will have troubles, but He didn’t stop there! “Be encouraged and rejoice,” He says, “for I have overcome the world” (My paraphrase of John 16:33).

Don’t believe everything negative that you hear. Don’t give in to discouragement. Don’t allow the enemy to cause you to focus on the trouble. God has His eye on you! He is working out His plan for you and in you. Trust Him!