GOD HAS A PROVIDENTIAL PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE
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“Roll your works upon the Lord—commit
and trust them wholly to Him; [He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable
to His will, and] so shall your plans be established and succeed.”—Proverbs 16:3
(Amplified)
The word “providential” is from the root word “providence,” which is the wisdom, care, and guidance believed to
be provided by God; therefore, when we use the term “providential plan,” we mean a plan that has God’s guidance, direction,
wisdom and care.
Today, I want to encourage you that you
matter to God and that He has a providential
plan for your life. Do not worry or
fret over plans that do not seem to be working out for you. Samuel, a prophet, had anointed Saul to be
king over Israel; however, Saul rejected God’s word so God rejected Saul from
being king over Israel. Samuel mourned
(worried and fretted over the plan) for Saul until one day God spoke to Samuel
and asked him, “…how long will you mourn
for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn
with oil, and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have
provided Myself a king among his sons” (1 Samuel 16: 1). You may be discouraged today not knowing
that God has a plan for you and your situation.
I encourage you today, to stop worrying and fretting about what you are
to do—God loves you and He has a very special
plan for your life.
In Psalm 139: 13 – 16 the Psalmist writes
how every individual is created by God and that all of each person’s days are recorded in His book, “For you formed my inward parts; you covered
me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully
made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows well. My
frame was not hidden from You. When I was made in secret, and skillfully
wrought in the lowest parts of the earth, Your eyes saw my substance being yet
unformed. And in Your book they all were
written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.” In essence, what the Psalmist is writing
is that every day counts with God, and that it is He that provides guidance and
direction for our lives. The counsel of
the Lord stands forever (Psalm 33:11).
We must do our part by humbly
submitting ourselves to God and yielding to Him as Jesus did, and say, “Not my will, but thy will be done.” We are to remember that our Heavenly
Father is the potter and that we are the clay. It is He who fashions us, our lives, our
businesses and our ministries as we humbly submit to Him and do not lean to our
own understanding He will guide and direct our paths.
Prayer—Father
I thank You for the providential plan
that You have already made for my life.
I humbly submit my will to Your will and I say that I want Your will to
be done in my life. Father forgive me
for the times that I have gone my own way instead of following Your plans for
my life. I purpose in my heart to follow
after Your guidance and direction for my life, in Jesus Name. Amen.
