No King BUT Christ no. 10

“One can devise many plans in one’s mind, but Adonai ’s plan will prevail” (Mishlei (Pro) 19:21). I have had a lot of plans that turned into other plans because of Him. As I often state when I talk about my journey that started three years ago with the plague, I had no idea that this is where I was going to be today. I had a totally different plan to move forward. He had a better plan.

Too often I think that I have arrived. I think that I have reached a rather stable and good place to be. BUT God is always working out something more. He has another plan that is always looking to bring more change and more goodness into the world. And He will accomplish that with or without my help. My choice is really whether I am going to help Him or not because, regardless, His plan is going to happen.

I may not know exactly what He has planned for me BUT I trust in His plan. I might question His plan and the path I am traveling. BUT I really don’t get a choice about the way things are going to be. I get my small part in His plan and that is the limit of my control.

Too often I overestimate my importance in His plan. God wants me to be part of His plan BUT He doesn’t need me to be part of His plan. He invited me to be part of His plan. BUT the plan is going to happen regardless. I can help that plan occur or not. And even when I do the wrong thing or fail Him, His plan is still on track. He knows the ending from the beginning, “You meant to do me harm, but God meant it for good — so that it would come about as it is today, with many people’s lives being saved” (B'resheet (Gen) 50:20). I can’t do anything to derail His plan.

God has plans for all of us. He has a plan for me. I need to listen to Him and follow Him. And His plan is all about goodness. “‘For I know what plans I have in mind for you,’ says Adonai, ‘plans for well-being, not for bad things; so that you can have hope and a future’”(Yirmeyahu (Jer) 29:11). Too often I want to stop moving forward. Too often I think I am messing up His plan. Too often I don’t listen. Regardless, His plan continues. Don’t panic.

Grace and Shalom to your home. The Kingdom of God is now!

I love you. I forgive you. Have a blessed and abundant day!

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No King BUT Christ no. 6

“Listen, all Y’hudah, you who live in Yerushalayim and King Y’hoshafat: here is what Adonai is saying to you: ‘Don’t be afraid or distressed by this great horde; for the battle is not yours, but God’s. Tomorrow, go down against them. They will be coming up by the ascent of Tzitz, and you will find them at the end of the vadi , before the Yeru’el Desert. You won’t even need to fight this battle! Just take your positions, Y’hudah and Yerushalayim, stand still, and watch how Adonai will deliver you! Don’t be afraid or distressed; tomorrow, go out against them; for Adonai is with you’”(Divrei-HamYamim Bet (2 Ch) 20:15-17). The battle is God’s. We are constantly fighting spiritual warfare and mistakenly choosing our own strength to fight those battles. When I fight, I will lose BUT when I allow God to give me His strength, I can be assured of victory.

Falling into my own strength, my own authority, and my own power is a path to my own destruction. I have a King that fights for me, within me, and has conquered sin and death. So why am I fighting anything on my own? Because I think I know better. Because the person on the throne isn’t God BUT me. “Therefore, since we have received an unshakeable Kingdom, let us have grace, through which we may offer service that will please God, with reverence and fear. For indeed, ‘Our God is a consuming fire!'” (Messianic Jews (Heb) 12:28-29). I have not only a king BUT the King to serve. And I don’t serve Him by enthroning my own strength, authority, and power. I serve Him by listening to what He says and where He leads.

All sin is idolatry. It is taking God off the throne in my life and putting something else there rather than having a right relationship with Him. If I want a right relationship with Him, He has to be in charge. He has the only power, He has the only strength, and He has the only authority that matters. I can try to place other things on that throne. I can try to put other masters in charge of my life. BUT only He will give me freedom. Only He will give me victory.

“You don’t even need to fight this battle! Just take your positions and watch how Adonai will deliver you!”

Grace and Shalom to your home. The Kingdom of God is now!

I love you. I forgive you. Have a blessed and abundant day!

#ThinkBetter #BeBetter #NoKingButChrist #EmbraceTheWithin #NotMyWayYHWH