Our Plans, God's Plans #2

I have always been a planner. Maybe that is why I enjoy maps and calendars. God placed the planning gene in all of us when He created us in His image. God is a planner. Ephesians reminds us of that character quality of God.

Ephesians 1:5 in the New Living Translation says: “His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into His own family by bringing us to Himself through Jesus Christ. And that gave Him great pleasure.” WOW!!!

As a father and a grandfather I know what great pleasure my family brings to me, but to image that the God of the universe and all creation receives pleasure through us, His family, is beyond comprehension. He chose us “in Christ” before the foundation of the world. It is in Christ that we are holy and blameless before Him.

God’s plan is centered in Christ. Ephesians 1:10 (NLT) “And this is His plan: at the right time He will bring everything together under the authority of Christ, everything in heaven and on earth.” As believers we long for the day when everything is under the authority of Christ.

The ultimate purpose of God is that He will receive all the glory. Ephesians 1:12 “God’s purpose was that we who were the first to trust in Christ, should be to the praise of His glory.”

Whenever we place our faith and trust in Christ God places His Holy Spirit within us as a guarantee He will fulfill His promises to us. Ephesians 1:14b “This is just one more reason for us to praise our glorious God.” (NLT)

Although our plans and activities change day by day we can rest assured that in Christ we can fulfill our purpose as God’s family by bringing glory to Him. As the song says, “To God be the glory, great things He has done.”

May you be blessed with every spiritual blessing as you find God’s purpose for your life today.