Best Laid Plans
We have moved into a New Year. We almost always exclaim how rough the previous one was, and wish that the new one will be better. That is one of our fundamental problems. We WISH rather than plan. We are taught, and know, that God works via plans. How can we do any less.
Louis Pasteur said: “Chance favors the prepared mind.”
If God works in plans, and chance usually breaks in the direction of those who are prepared, how then should we view this break from the past? Should we just set some random goals and act as though they are “resolutions” which usually means we do not accomplish them?
2008 was a water shed year for Covenant of the Cross. Many things happened that built strength and commitment from individuals, families and the church as a whole. The economic downturn did not destroy, the election did not transform, but the grace and presence of God did. People stepped forward that had been prepared for such a time. In all that we had Christ Community Church merge with us, we moved and sold our old building. Huge changes for people to make, but they were prepared. Prepared people thrive whatever their circumstances because they see the power that carries them is not their own, but the Spirit of God.
This past week we gave every attendee of Covenant of the Cross a Spiritual Health Assessment – a Spiritual Annual Physical if you would. We asked them to check their health based on our shared covenants and how we balance our lives. This tool coupled with a growth plan that they select for this next year. We have turned the corner as a people in planning and preparing for spiritual life. God is not content with us just living by happenstance. That powerful lesson is something that has transformed the view we have of life. The most enduring part of the lesson has been that EVERYTHING in our lives is spiritual – from how we deal with people to how we deal with our career to how we deal with our wallets.
From taking our spiritual temperature to creating a plan to become the people God desires us to be is a powerful lesson. Hebrew Scripture, the Christian Old Testament, shares these words: “Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.”
God will assist those who plan and focus on walking in that faith to succeed. We have often failed to see the hand of providence in the things that happen in our lives, but there is always a plan to redeem and renew. We must begin to live our lives and plans within the greater plan of God and we will find the abundance and deliverance that will change our lives.
In Jeremiah God says: “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.”
This week I pray that you are making plans to access God’s plan for you. Find a place of Worship and people that will help you GROW into God’s plan.
Blessings,
Pastor Greg
Louis Pasteur said: “Chance favors the prepared mind.”
If God works in plans, and chance usually breaks in the direction of those who are prepared, how then should we view this break from the past? Should we just set some random goals and act as though they are “resolutions” which usually means we do not accomplish them?
2008 was a water shed year for Covenant of the Cross. Many things happened that built strength and commitment from individuals, families and the church as a whole. The economic downturn did not destroy, the election did not transform, but the grace and presence of God did. People stepped forward that had been prepared for such a time. In all that we had Christ Community Church merge with us, we moved and sold our old building. Huge changes for people to make, but they were prepared. Prepared people thrive whatever their circumstances because they see the power that carries them is not their own, but the Spirit of God.
This past week we gave every attendee of Covenant of the Cross a Spiritual Health Assessment – a Spiritual Annual Physical if you would. We asked them to check their health based on our shared covenants and how we balance our lives. This tool coupled with a growth plan that they select for this next year. We have turned the corner as a people in planning and preparing for spiritual life. God is not content with us just living by happenstance. That powerful lesson is something that has transformed the view we have of life. The most enduring part of the lesson has been that EVERYTHING in our lives is spiritual – from how we deal with people to how we deal with our career to how we deal with our wallets.
From taking our spiritual temperature to creating a plan to become the people God desires us to be is a powerful lesson. Hebrew Scripture, the Christian Old Testament, shares these words: “Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.”
God will assist those who plan and focus on walking in that faith to succeed. We have often failed to see the hand of providence in the things that happen in our lives, but there is always a plan to redeem and renew. We must begin to live our lives and plans within the greater plan of God and we will find the abundance and deliverance that will change our lives.
In Jeremiah God says: “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.”
This week I pray that you are making plans to access God’s plan for you. Find a place of Worship and people that will help you GROW into God’s plan.
Blessings,
Pastor Greg
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