What Did He Say About Me?
Day 1 – “I’ve Got The Plan For You”

Daily Scripture

Jeremiah 29:11-14a The Message Bible
I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out – plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for. When you call on me, when you come and pray to me, I’ll listen. When you come looking for me, you will find me. Yes, when you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else, I’ll make sure you won’t be disappointed. I’ll turn things around for you.

Daily Devotion

What an awesome promise from God Himself, to you! Have you ever made a plan? Let’s see what Mr. Webster says about the word “plan.”

Plan: An outline; a draft; a map; To have in mind as a project or purpose; to devise a scheme for making, doing or arranging something.

I like the word map in that definition. A map always shows you where you are going and how to get from point A to B, however you still have to seek the map to keep from getting lost. Let’s just consider the word map for a moment. What does it make you think of? I know for me, as directionally challenged as I am, that word is overwhelming. All those lines going all over the place is just too crazy for me. I like for someone to spell it out for me. Do I turn left or right? What is the landmark? No, No, No, don’t tell me East or West, just tell me right or left…please.

The word map also makes me think of how the world offers us a counterfeit plan of success in comparison to the plan of God. Yet the world’s map is definitely more appealing to our 5 senses, however it brings us pain in the end. God’s map is a spiritual map and we must seek Him for the directions. Otherwise, we will be a wanderer and basically have no direction at all and just go with the flow. I don’t want to just go with the flow! I want direction. I don’t want just a plan, but the plan!

There is also the dreaded question, “what if I make a mistake?” Well, obviously God planned for that too, because He said that He will turn things around for you! So hey, God’s got you covered, mistakes and all! That’s a promise! When you find yourself in the midst of a booboo or you simply need directions, just stop and listen! He will tell you. But you say “Tammy, I don’t know how to hear from God, He doesn’t talk to me.” Yes He does! Listen! He’s not hard to hear.

Have you ever been faced with making a decision and for some reason you felt hesitant, like something wasn’t right? You couldn’t really tell what it was exactly that wasn’t right, but you knew that it was something. Well, that’s God. See, God may not tell you everything about a situation, but He will direct you moment by moment.

Think about this…do you ever have to question what is really right and what is really wrong? No you don’t! You know deep down because of that little hesitation or the secretiveness of something. However, because God gave you a will of your own, He allows you to make the decision freely. It’s your choice.

Weigh the cost before you take a step. God is always there ready to direct you, mistake or no mistake. He will rescue you and lead you down a path of success and total wholeness. Grant it, if you make a mistake, you will experience the consequence of that mistake, but it’s not God making you pay for it. It’s just a spiritual law that has been set up in the earth, just as gravity is a natural law. You jump from a roof top you will fall. No Superwoman can avoid that! Yet, God says that He will turn it around!