The plan of God

It’s complicated.

It’s crooked now.

It’s been written off.

It’s lost.

God has a plan.

It’s depleted, short and insufficient.

It’s badly broken, bruised and injured.

It’s feeble, frail and weak.

God has a plan.

It’s painful, difficult and very hard.

It’s considered impossible and unlikely.

It’s embarrassing, shameful and unpleasant.

God has a plan.

It’s been cancelled, suspended, terminated, rejected, denied.

It’s confusing, overwhelming and stressful.

It’s not ideal, preferred or desired.

It’s viewed as a problem and can be classified as a challenge.

God has a plan.

It’s a plan to prosper you, to give you a hope and a future. [Jeremiah 29:11]

Trust God.

Be still and do what He says.

Let go and walk in His grace today.

God is bigger than the “it” in your life.

Rev. Teddy Otobo-Sheriff (tos4god) serves as the Senior Pastor of Richmond Christian Church in Staten Island, NY. To listen to his sermons, click here.

I Know

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. (Jeremiah 29:11 NIV)

God knows for certain:

– He knows the end from the beginning.

– He’s still writing the chapters of our lives.

– He isn’t finish doing the good work that He started in us.

– He’s working on something that ‘no eye has seen, no ear has heard’.

Only God knows for certain.

Friends & family can throw in their “two cents”.

Every expert is only giving an “educated guess”.

Professionals can only make predictions & offer forecasts based on the finite interpretation of human historical data.

But God is ALL KNOWING (omniscience) and He doesn’t need to attach a caveat or disclaimer to His declarations.

Isaiah captures God’s words clearly:

As I have designed, so shall it be; and as I have planned, so shall it come to pass…For the Lord of hosts has planned and who will annul it?

Here’s the bottom like:

– Don’t worry about tomorrow, God is responsible for your future.

–Trust in the Lord with all of your heart. Go ‘all in’ on God. That’s pure faith.

– Embrace God’s grace. It’s sufficiently suited to sustain you through every season, during this situation, and despite whatever setback.

God knows and just knowing Him is good enough.

Tos4god serves as the Senior Pastor of Richmond Christian Church in Staten Island, NY.