God has a goal in mind for me.
- Am I ready?
- Have I prepared?
- Will I be up to the task?
Jesus challenges me to get ready and to be up to the task. I am God’s plan A. There is no plan B.
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
ESV (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Proverbs 21:5
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We can rest assured of God’s promise: “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you” (James 4:8). As we pray, study Scripture, and look to live holy before the Master, He will reveal His plan for us in His perfect time and in a way we can understand.
- Romans 1:13 — 13 I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that often I have planned to come to you (and have been prevented so far) so that I may obtain some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.
- Romans 15:24 — 24 whenever I go to Spain—for I hope to see you in passing, and to be helped on my way there by you, when I have first enjoyed your company for a while—
- 2 Corinthians 1:15–17 — 15 In this confidence I intended at first to come to you, so that you might twice receive a blessing; 16 that is, to pass your way into Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to come to you, and by you to be helped on my journey to Judea. 17 Therefore, I was not vacillating when I intended to do this, was I? Or what I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, so that with me there will be yes, yes and no, no at the same time?
- Proverbs 12:5 — 5 The thoughts of the righteous are just, But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
- 1 Chronicles 28:2 — 2 Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brethren and my people; I had intended to build a permanent home for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh and for the footstool of our God. So, I had made preparations to build it.
- Psalm 14:6 — 6 You would put to shame the counsel of the afflicted, But Yahweh is his refuge.
- Proverbs 14:22 — 22 Will they not go astray who devise evil? But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.
- Isaiah 32:8 — 8 But the noble man devises noble plans; And by noble plans he stands.
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Good reminder from James: ““Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you” (James 4:8).”
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TY for all your comments
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Michael,
I linked your post on the Sprirtual meanings of this proverb to mine on the practical meanings.
Regards and goodwill blogging.
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Thanks brother!
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