Jeremiah 29:11 is a reassuring
Scripture. It lets me know that God has a plan for my life. But, there are
moments when life and actual circumstances can speak louder than Jer. 29:11.
Moments when I actually ask God, "When?" "How?" There are moments when I look
at my life and see nothing that even remotely resembles what God promised.
Moments when I fail to see the God of possibilities in the seemingly
impossible.
It's usually during those
times that I find myself revisiting the story of the Virgin Mary and her visit
from the angel Gabriel. (Luke 1:26-38) Mary was told that she was chosen of God
to conceive and bear a son, and that her son would be called the Son of
God.
Now, to Mary, because of her
circumstances, and the fact that she was still a virgin, what Gabriel said to
her seemed absolutely impossible. It didn't make any sense. I mean, Mary was
not yet married. She had never been intimate with a man. How could this even be
possible?
Mary had questions. And,
rightfully so. She had questions, because this plan, although awesome, seemed
absolutely impossible.
But, think about your own
life. Doesn't God sometimes say things to you that are amazingly awesome? Yet,
they make absolutely no sense to your human mind and thought
processes?
Doesn't He sometimes require
of you, things that seem impossible? Things that, you have no earthly idea how
it's going to be done?
We then have questions. Even
doubts. Just like Mary did. Simply because we can't figure out in our little
human minds, how God is going to accomplish what He planned. We worry. We
strategize.
But, we have to remember what
the angel Gabriel told Mary. He told her, "What's going to happen in you, will
be done by the Holy Spirit of God."
Gabriel let Mary know that the
Spirit of God was going to come upon her and His power would overshadow her. And
you have to understand that also. You have to remember that what God has
purposed for your life, will be done by the power of His Spirit and His might.
God is the one who will enable and equip you for the assignment He has purposed
for your life. We don't have to figure out the 'how' and the 'when'. All He
needs is an available and willing vessel. A vessel that will simply believe when
God's plans are not so simple. The 'how' and the 'when' is in His
hand.
No. You may not have all of
the answers. But, God already has the plan. You simply have to believe that
He's able to do it. And you have to trust that He's the one who's faithful to
complete the work He's begun in your life.
Now, in your little mind, you
don't know how it's going to happen. You may not even understand how it's even
possible.
But you must remember that God
knows the plans He has for you, and His plans change not. His plans are not
dictated or controlled by your circumstances. Circumstances which are
constantly changing. Your circumstances are temporary. But, not the plans of our
God. They are eternal.
But the LORD’s plans stand
firm forever; his intentions can never be shaken. (Psalms 33:11
NLT)
Simply believe Him. Trust in
Him. Simply believe that God is not like man. Man can disappoint you and let you
down. Unfortunately, man can lie and make promises and fail to keep them. But
not God.
God is not a man, so he
does not lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind. Has he ever
spoken and failed to act? Has he ever promised and not carried it through?
(Numbers 23:19 NLT)
God won't fail you. He always
keeps His promises. We must simply have faith and believe knowing that He who
promises is faithful.
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