#plansofgod

Praise the Lord, our Wonderful Counselor! He is holy, righteous, good, true, merciful, gracious, longsuffering, just, all-wise, all-knowing, all power is in His hand. By His word, He made the heavens and the earth and everything in them, visible and invisible. Nothing or no one can stand against Him and His purposes. He executes His perfect plans without fail. Blessed be the name of the Lord God, Most High! He bids us come, seek His face and walk in His ways. From generation to generation, He is the same. Glory, Hallelujah!

“Jesus replied, ‘You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.’” - John 13:7

During the time of the twelve disciples, they see Jesus as their political Messiah. They thought that He will save them from the terror government they were under. That is why during their time, they got mad when Jesus did things that a king should never do, especially Peter. When Jesus washed their feet, Peter really disagreed with what He was doing because he thinks that a king should never do that. However, a lot of Jesus’ actions were all a mystery to the disciples. Not just when He washed their feet, but almost everything because they only see Christ as a political Messiah. 

So, when the time came, Jesus was really so eager to teach the disciples things that they don’t understand. Jesus wanted to teach them the importance of being humble and also to have faith in Him. Jesus then said that they may not realize what He was doing at that time, but when the time comes, they will. What Jesus was actually referring to is all about how He will save the whole world. He did not come to just defeat the current government at that time, but His mission in the world was greater. He came to seek and save the lost. He came to give us eternal life, and all He did was all for us. 

Now, our verse today can still be a reminder for us. Even if we are now at the present times, we can still be encouraged by this because right now, we are all full of what-ifs. We don’t know what’s wrong with life, and sometimes we ask ourselves if what’s our purpose in life. Yet, we can then be reminded of this verse and trust God. Right now, whatever we are going through, we may not understand it, one day we will. We should trust our lives, our unknown future to our omniscient God. We may be facing a lot of struggles that we are on the verge of giving up on, always remember our verse today and be encouraged that we may not know what’s happening, but our God knows. He is our everlasting God, our Savior, and our Father. 

Therefore, we must never doubt His perfect timing. One thing we should hold on to is His promise that all things work well for those who love Him. We are serving an almighty God, a miracle worker, a promise keeper, and an everlasting forgiving Father-- we are in good hands. Thus, whatever we are facing right now, we should not give up, and instead, we should just lift it all to God because one day, we will then understand why we went through this. God is not unfair, He will remember everything we did for His kingdom, and He is also a loving God. He loves us, and He cares for us. So, there’s really no reason to doubt Him. Let’s not base our trust right now on our unknown future, but let us trust God with our unknown future.

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From the time we were born and even the time we are currently at right now, we obsess on planning out our whole life. Some parents even plan the whole life of their children and some are really followed. For some reasons, we find satisfaction in this. As human as we are, we get so satisfied every time we are sure of what will happen tomorrow and in our future. We are so afraid to mess up in the middle so we do our very best to plan it out, organize and follow the schedules. 

However, in our verse today, God wants us to understand that we may have so many plans in our minds; we may have organized it all, He still has better plans for us. Our heart harbors so much evil and our plans are all selfish so God wants to rewire it and make it the plans that fit His purpose. We sometimes claim that what we plan for ourselves are better than anyone’s but the truth is, God’s plans are the best!

Time will come that all the plans we have organized and plotted will not be followed for so many reasons. First, it may become a hindrance to what God really plans for you. God will take away our plans especially if it will become our stumbling block and if it will become the thing that will stop us from receiving His grace. 

Second, it is not glorifying God. We really have plans that we thought that it can glorify God but in fact, it will do the opposite. Again, our hearts are pure evil and we only delight in sin. Therefore, we cannot really plan anything without the desire to sin. It is either a plan that will make us prideful and arrogant or a plan that is very selfish or a plan that will make us dwell in sexual immorality.

Third, God has better plans. There are really times that we thought that this certain job is really the best for you but God did not grant it and you grow very sad and blame God for it. However, we must always remember that God only wants to give us hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11). So if God takes away something we achieved, it is because He will give you the best of the best in return. 

Therefore, as Christians, let us always be reminded that many are our plans in our hearts but it is the Lord’s purpose that will prevail. We must not harbor hate and blame God for all our missed opportunities and for not answering our prayers, instead, we must always hold on to His promise that everything has a purpose and that He will not do anything to harm us but He will do everything to prosper us. 

So, every time we have that desire in our hearts, we must lift it up to God and surrender it. Surrendering means giving it all to Him so He has the right to alter it and change it for His glory and for our sake. God is not selfish, He just wants us to prosper and to live our lives just as what He commanded us to live. 

He wants us to live our lives Christ-like and the only way to do that is to let Him become the captain of our lives and let Him drive. 

Let us not hinder God’s purpose for us and let us accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior so He will be able to drive our ship of life to the very best of His purpose. Whatever plans we have in our hearts, let us offer it to God and let God decide if it is good for us or bad for us. May the peace of God be with us all. Amen. 

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It’s been months since I said goodbye on being a high school student. Now I am looking forward to college (I took psychology as my program)

There’s a lot of circumstances I faced before entering college. One of this is what course should I take up. Ever since I wanted psychology but a lot of people (mostly my classmates & friends) discouraged me of taking up this degree because as they said it’s not in demand but I chose what I want and what is in my heart. Psychology is interesting and fun (based on what I heard and read :D). 

Another thing is which school should I go. I only took entrance exam on state universities considering that we have some financial issues. I took the admission test in PNU (Philippine Normal University) but unfortunately I didn’t pass. So it’s okay, cause I am not rooting in this school. I also took PUPCET because PUP (Polytechnic University of the Philippines) has known for its affordable tuition fee and the quality education it provides. For the 2nd time around, I failed. My world crumbled upon knowing that I didn’t passed. I spent days crying like it is already the end of me. But I didn’t stay like that, I took the courage of standing up and starting over again.

Now, I will be studying at PLMun (Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa). This school has never been in my option of school to go in college. But this is where God leads me. Through this, I proved that no matter what you plan if this isn’t God’s will for you, he’ll not give it to you instead he will give things that’s beyond your horizon. He’s plan is ALWAYS THE BEST.

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.” - Jeremiah 29:11-13

On July 13, 2015 (Start of my Class) I will sail into the vast sea. ALONE (physically but deep inside I know that God is with me). With him I’m off to a greater place.