Day 56 - Exodus 12:31-42, What's clouding your view of God's plan for you?

hmm...what is clouding our view from God's plan...? i guess a foundational question before this one could be answered is "what is God's plan?". typically this is one of those terms that the church uses so often it becomes cliche and its meaning becomes so lost or so abstract over time that (at least for me) its real definition/meaning has been forgotten... so what is "God's plan"? my family discussed this concept, like michelle (except michelle added more to the thought. thanks michelle!). i don't think our answer was completely conclusive regarding what exactly God's PLAN is for our lives, but we talked about how through everything, we should trust God and what He DOES have planned for us. what that is, i'm not exactly sure, but i'm thinking it has to do with us drawing closer to Him and in the end bEING with Him.

so once that is (kinda) sussed out, what is clouding? for me, almost everything and anything can distract me from keeping my eyes on what God wants in my life. school keeps me busy. my own mind has me analyzing and thinking too much. that and every tiny circumstance seems to at least for several moments distract me from God's plan. this devo is a good reminder. the desert, you know? that's how we feel sometimes and our attention is drawn to our present circumstances, but ALL that time the Israelites were in the desert God never ONCE left them... AND how quickly they forget who dramatically liberated them from slavery; similar to how we forget how Christ spectacularly (but at a steep cost) saved us from slavery as well.

mom says i'm being "cherng hey" (long winded). but this stuff is awesome. :].

Wednesday, 1/7/09, Day 56 - Exodus 12:31-42, What's clouding your view of God's plan for you?

What's clouding your view of God's plan for you? hmmm to me, this is a very hard question. It is because i don't comprehend His plan for me. Just the thought of it surrounds me with so many questions. i know that there is a plan, but i don't know how it works. What makes me drift away from His plan? Is it something that I'm doing that He is not happy about? But if that is true and i come out of this so called "bad something" and learn from it.....was that also part of His plan for me? so does that mean no matter what i am doing, it is already in God's intention for it to happen? hmmm....yea it is so mind blowing. I think that He doesn't want me to fully understand His plan. If i knew His plan for me, then it is like having all the answers given to me....thats no fun ): . I guess it is because i am still "young." I haven't experienced enough both in faith and life......i bet He wants me to experience events that leads me to my own answers. The lessons we experience are the ones that will change our lives and constantly play a role .... not the lessons that are simply given and easily forgotten. it is just as mark said....it is a step by step kind of thing XD

For now, this is how i comprehend His plan for me.....i would say that whenever I see God work in my life (past, present, and future) is His plan for me. Whenever i am in a slum and i come to Him for help. Whenever I am super happy and thank Him in prayer. Whenever I feel him using me in doing something that brings glory to His name. Whenever I am being loved by other Christians. Yea....i can make a never ending list of how much He plays a big part in my life. It is only going to get longer as i keep growing older. i guess to answer that question ^ ....distractions that are anything but God is clouding my view of God's plan for me. Anything that makes me lose sight of God in my life for even a second.....and anything that physically and emotionally draws me into the chaos and im stuck to it like glue.