A Life Plan "get With The Plan"
Wednesday March 7, 2018
Before the beginning of time, God had a plan that included a loving relationship with each one of us. God made us in His image so that we would reflect His qualities on the earth. Even though we made choices that went against God’s design for our lives, God’s overall master plan made it possible for our relationship with Him to be restored. Now it is time for us to “get with the plan.”
God has now revealed to us his mysterious plan regarding Christ, a plan to fulfill his own good pleasure. And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth. Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan. (Ephesians 1:9-11 NLT)
Jesus paid the price for our sin by dying on the cross so that our relationship with God could be restored. When we open our hearts to receive what Jesus has provided, we begin to experience the satisfying life God planned for us. We don’t deserve it. We can’t earn it. As cared for sons and daughters our Heavenly Father desires that we live fully dependent on Him. For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was his plan from before the beginning of time—to show us his grace through Christ Jesus. (2 Timothy 1:9 NLT)
Life in addiction has taught us that life on our own terms just doesn’t work. Many of us have experienced the pain of a broken heart and the loneliness that isolation brings. In “How It Works” from the Big Book of AA we are reminded that we have someone who wants to help, “God could and would if He were sought.”
Today, let’s get with the plan and begin to enjoy the wonderful life God has prepared for us.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Help me to get with the plan You have for my life. I am worn out by the life I have been living. Please renew me from the inside out and reproduce Your character in me. Amen
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