It was not on my radar how difficult it would be to transition from being “young and full of potential” to being “young and sort of stumbling around.” I had no idea how much I identified myself as someone with a grand future – whose world was an oyster. Over the past few months (and by few months, I mean years), it’s been heavy on my heart – what is God’s plan for my life? Are you there God, it’s me elaney. Recently, I’ve become obsessed with finding where in the Bible it actually says that God has a plan for all of the specific details of my life. Where does it say that God works for the good of those who love Him AND that means I’m getting everything I want AND here’s where I submit the list. Based on such a gross exaggeration, it may come as no surprise that that’s not in the Bible. Turns out, there might not be a blueprint of “how to discover the grandiose plan with full instructions” hidden under a rock…
This was written by a pastor in British Columbia, and I think it aptly captures my good intentions and where I was wrong (thank you Google search):
“I know that God is in my life, but I don’t know what He wants me to do. What is His plan for me?” To my mind, the question itself is problematic. Too often we think of God as an omnipresent, omnipotent power that floats above history, orchestrating events according to some divine blueprint, with every eventuality mapped out and anticipated…
So what is God’s plan for your life? If by ‘plan’ you mean some secret blueprint of future events that will lead to a glorious personal destiny, then there isn’t one. In another sense, however, God’s plan is evident in is whatever situations, tasks and people are in front of you right now. After all, those present realities are where Christ is, and Christ is the final revelation of God’s will to us and the world.
John Lennon once sang, “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” Amen to that. As long as we continue fumbling around for God’s secret blueprint, we will miss out on His will, which is right in front of our noses: love our family and our neighbours, do the day’s work as best as we can, play with joy when it’s time to play, make the today’s decisions conscientiously and with all due diligence; and consciously discover the Presence of God in all these activities by rooting and surrounding them in prayer and worship.” For the whole article, click here.
It’s funny when you hear something over and over again and then all of a sudden it clicks. Happy Friday Friends!
