899 The Master Plan

You may not feel like you have what it takes, but let me assure you, you have WHO it takes. You may not be great at finding your way, but you have the way maker going before you. How exactly you make it through this may still be a mystery to you, but our God is the master over the unknown. If it is a mystery it’s because he has chosen not to reveal what is already known to him. Let me make this real clear … God is not trying to work all this out. He’s ALREADY worked it out. He’s not rushing around angels with an alternate plan to override your stupidity. Girl, he knew you would be stupid about this before he brought you here. But he still chose you. He still said you’re the one he wants here. You’re the one he can use. In advance he knew you would wander off a bit and he built that into his master plan. Hey, did you know even with all your screw ups and failures, even with all your delays and detours, even with all your humanness really jacking some things up, you’re still working with the master plan? You haven’t had to default to some “lesser-than” alternate plan for your life. God hasn’t moved to plan F because you messed up and missed out on plans A through E. This is still the master plan because it’s still the Master’s Plan! God, in all his wisdom and knowledge, foresight and holy ability to be here, there and everywhere at the same time, knew where you would be at this very moment in your life. Oh, you didn’t know … but God did. He always has. This is all accounted for in the master plan and he STILL SAYS IT’S GOOD. You know Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord. “Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Yeah … you’re still in line for those plans. You haven’t missed it so stop dismissing yourself. God’s good plans for you are not contingent upon your perfect attendance in church. They’re not dependent upon your super success, your picture perfect relationships, your willpower over your bad habits, or your unwavering heart that only wants his way over your way. Nope … none of that is tied to God’s good plans for you. Girl, he knew you when he imagined good things for you. You don’t even know you like God knows you. He knows your messed up motives covered by good deeds. He knows your twisted thoughts you would never admit to. He knows your deepest fears and biggest insecurities you wrestle with in those dark corners where no one else is invited in. He knows your hangups and your screwups. He knows your low-down and down-low. And he STILL SAYS I HAVE GOOD THINGS PLANNED FOR HER. That’s the master plan for your life. The master says there are plans to give you hope and a future. Plans to prosper you. And you don’t have to settle for anything less than that just because you’ve been spending your days living below that level. You can level up today. You can take your current circumstances and live a different life. You can change your attitude and your perspective and see God at work in the same exact reality you were missing him in yesterday. You can find awe and wonder where before you only found despair and darkness. The master’s plan has always been there, it’s a matter of opening your eyes to it and seeing circumstances beyond the surface level, at the master level. Jeremiah 29:11 has become a life verse for me and many others. It’s a verse we cling to when our plans fall apart and seemingly less favorable alternate plans are at play … GOD HAS A PLAN FOR ME. It’s a good plan. I can trust it. Today’s unfoldings do not discount God’s plan. But have we taken this scripture out of context? When, where and why was this written? Honestly,