God's Plan vs. Our Plan

 Often times God’s plan is a lot different from what our plans are. We could spend days, weeks, months, and even years planning something, but if it is not what God wants, then we should definitely not do that thing. I feel as if many people struggle with why God sometimes says “no” to a certain prayer, desire, or dream. I know for me personally, when God says no, I get kind of upset, and even angry. But this should not be our response. Please remember that God only says “no” when He has something better in store for us.

It’s kind of like when you go on a vacation, and you plan out the whole entire trip: activities, entertainment, adventures, restaurants etc. But all of a sudden, one of your dear friends comes by, looks at your itinerary, and says “how about this instead..”. You are hesitant to hear them out, but you do anyways just because they are your friend. “How ‘bout you go do this activity.. go see this movie.. go hike this trail.. and go eat at this restaurant instead. You’ll really like it.” But you don’t like the sound of it.

Time goes on, and the vacation is near, when all of a sudden, things get messed up and you have to go do what your friend suggested. You’re not too happy about this, in fact you’re really upset because you don’t get to do what you wanted. And it’s really not the fact that you can’t do it that you’re upset, it’s just that you invested so much time into these specific things. But, you take your friend’s advice and it turns out you have a blast!! And you realize that it was SO much more fun than what you had originally planned.

This is what it’s like with God. Sometimes in life, we will plan and plan and plan something. We will invest so much into it only to have God tell us “no.” But please listen to Him longer, He doesn’t just say ‘no’, He says “no.. I think you will enjoy this even more. Why don’t you give this a try?” And if you do give it a try, I guarantee that you will like it even better. You might even have a blast!!

Please remember Romans 8:28, and declare it's truth in your life today!

(Was not posting Rom 8:28 my way of making you pull out your Bible?? idk :P haha)

Be blessed everyone!