Ruined life is the result of wrong decisions .. We move on our own because we think that we are waiting for so long for our unanswered prayers...but do you believe that God created a "perfect time table" for us?
Sometimes all we need to do is to "obey" so that we can enjoy the perfect time for every plan of God..because the more we disobey..the more God's time to prosper us drop on " delay"..
Permalink Reply by owie on September 22, 2008 at 9:25am
I absolutely agree as well! Sometimes we think that we help God out by going ahead of Him, thinking we know exactly what His plan is for us..but reality is -- by "helping" him -- we delay that perfect plan he's got for us! The key really is obedience.
The word "obey" here is quite vague. Obey in what? God's Word? God's Plan? God's leading? Now where are we getting all these Word, plan, leading, etc? God gave us spirituality, heart, abilities, personalities and experiences (SHAPE). There's nothing in our past that is insignificant to our today and nothing in our today that is insignificant to our tomorrow.
If we believe in Psalm 139:1-10, 13-18 then there's no such thing as ruined life for a Christian. It's all in God's plan, with God's knowledge even before things happen, with His hand leading you and His right hand upholding you.
The Bible doesn't say what you specifically need to do in times of decision making. As long as we believe in Jeremiah 29:11 that means our future not only looks bright but indeed it is. Now getting from here to there is the next thing. How should we proceed? Proverbs 3:5-6 says this that all we need is to trust Him and don't lean on our own understanding and He will guide us. What is puzzling now is this, Psalms 1:1-3 says that if we are to always meditate on God's Word day and night, everything we do gets prospered. Wow!
The word everything means also anything. The key here is to get as much information as we can get, apply the information properly with prayer and consultation to God's Holy Spirit. And when you know what your passion is, your decision will be towards that passion. And everything you do gets prospered. That's what the Bible says, not me.
Now, opps! wrong timing! Or lack of options led you to some errors. Think about this: Psalm 139:16 says, "Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they were all written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there was none of them." Wow! Opps! That mistake awhile ago? It was written already before you made it.
But the best here is this, Psalm 139:17 says, "How precious are your thoughts to me , O God! How great is the SUM OF THEM." That blows my mind away. That means the present "ruined life" situation that you are in right now is NOT YET THE FINAL DESTINATION. It is just another "term" of the mathematical equation that the result is called SUM. And the that SUM, is YOUR FUTURE that was prophesied in Jeremiah 29:11 that is bright. Because whatever "terms" that happened to you, whether NEGATIVE or POSITIVE, will all ADD UP, SUM UP to a BRIGHT FUTURE.
Your "ruined life" today is usefull to God tomorrow. Just dont dwell on the past because He has a bright future ahead of you!
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