God's Master Plan for Your Life by Gloria Copeland

Author:Gloria Copeland
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

WISDOM WAITS WHERE THE PATHS MEET

Of course, since God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, some of the plans He has given us have been extremely peculiar by natural standards. For example, during the 1980s the ministry was struggling financially. We needed a million extra dollars to pay past-duetelevision bills. That was a lot of money—especially in 1980.

When Ken sought God for a solution, do you know what He told us to do? Give! Ken was directed to start sowing the top ten percentof the gross income of the ministry to minister to the poor— people who could not return support, people like children, prisoners, and those in the mission field and other ministries that take the gospelto the poor!

That didn’t make natural sense. Who gives more money when they’re in need? No one but God has that strategy. But we followed it, and the money we needed came. The bills got paid and today we’re still tithing that ten percent to the poor and absolutely love doing it. We’re still increasing!

Although you may never go on television, or need to come up with an extra million dollars, you’ll still face your share of challenges. You’ll need God’s strategies to succeed, not only in the major aspects of God’s Master Plan, but also in the seemingly small, day-to-day aspectsof it as well. Say, for example, God tells you to share the gospel with a particular person, or leads you to go to the hospital to anoint someone with oil and pray for them to be healed. If you’ve never done those things and you’re relying on your own understanding, you might be tempted to ignore God’s leading. You might decide it would be better to leave telling others the Good News about Jesus and praying for sick people to those more experienced than you.

But if you’re confident in God’s ability in you and realize you can look to Him for wisdom, you won’t be afraid to acknowledge the promptings of His Spirit. You’ll be bold enough to respond and say, “Lord, exactly how should I go about sharing the gospel with that person? Fill my mouth with words from heaven.” Or, “How do I anoint someone with oil? What scriptures shall I use? Give me wisdom.Here I go!”

Always remember, whether we’re conquering big challenges or small, the Lord never expects us to carry out His plans in our own strength. He will empower us as we obey, and show us what to do if we’ll just ask Him. So, when you get an assignment from Him that is beyond what you can do, or you are uncertain about how to proceedin some area of your life, take time to wait upon Him. Find out what He has to say to you about the matter. Turn your ear to Him until you can hear Him tell you what to do. Pray about it. Listen for direction. Read His Word until you know you’ve received His instructions.Depend on 1 John 4:4

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