My Plan, His Plan What’s the Difference
Galatians 5:16-18 Amplified Bible (AMP)
16 But I say, walk and live [habitually] in the [Holy]
Spirit [responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit];
then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the
flesh (of human nature without God). 17 For the desires of the
flesh are opposed to the [Holy] Spirit, and the [desires of the] Spirit are
opposed to the flesh (godless human nature); for these are antagonistic to each
other [continually withstanding and in conflict with each other], so that you
are not free but are prevented from doing what you desire to do.18 But
if you are guided (led) by the [Holy] Spirit, you are not subject to the Law.
Have you ever thought during your
life that your plans and what you desired for your life just had to be God’s
will? When I think about this question I
have to laugh at the amount of wrong turns I have made in my life, thinking God
would want this for me, just because it was a good thing, or a thing that was
not harmful in theory. Presently, I am
back in school studying a subject I started studying some thirty some odd years
ago after I graduated High School but never finished, why, because in theory I
thought having a degree and studying something that would make me economically sound
was what God wanted for me; no I am not saying God does not want us
economically sound, but more than that, He desires us to do what we are created
to do, and what He has gifted us to accomplish here in the earth.
All too often we look at plans from
a natural standpoint, we don’t even, in many cases consult God, we just think
to ourselves it looks good, so we will do it.
But I have learned in my journey with the Lord that the “permissive
will,” that many of us grew up hearing about in church is really being out of
God’s will. To be in God’s will means
that we have learned to submit ourselves to God fully and to consult Him, and
know what it is that He thinks that we should do. If we are seeking God and studying His word, in
order to align our lives with His word and His will, our plans will transform
our desires to have His plan be our plan.
But that is often where we misstep, we are making our plans, not consulting
God until it does not turn out as we had hoped, and we never bother to read the
Word of God to find out what God may be speaking to us. Proverbs 16:3 reminds us, “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” (AMP). It is
through us offering our thoughts, plans and lives to God that God has access to
us, to show us when the plans that we have may not exactly line up with His,
and He can prick our heart to come into alignment with His plans for us. If we never come to a place in Christ that we
allow Him to have access how can our thoughts and plans be the same?
I am not saying
that we should not plan, but we should be yielded, submitted and seeking God,
through time with Him, His word and prayer to ensure that our plans and His are
one that we carry His spirit and His will within us, that we want and desire to
have His will and plan manifested in our lives.
There is a difference when we make plans based on us, than when we make
plans based on God’s will and Him getting the Glory out of our lives!
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