I Have a Plan
A few years ago, I read about the 100-year prayer vigil, and
immediately I wanted to turn my church into the beginnings of a new prayer
vigil. I read about the resurgence of decisions
of college students for Christ and I want to leap on the back of this “revival”
and build a revival that sweeps the country. I read lots, and almost anything I
read can stimulate me to build a new plan to sweep the world with Christ.
And that is the problem. I have a plan. Not God. Not Christ.
Not from the Holy Spirit. From me. I have a plan. I fail to realize the simple
fact that long ago God has already given us the only plan that will work. The
simple declaration of the gospel.
That is the plan of God and it did significantly change our
world. I look for more, because I hunger to be used. And that is not a bad
thing—until I remind myself that he has already made the plan and I need to be
busy being used to implement it.
We are to evangelize the world—to announce the gospel at
every possible turn. But our hand, our testimony has absolutely nothing to do
with results. It is the Holy Spirit activating the witness (perhaps using our
testimony?) that makes the call. Thus, we are always correct when we give
thanks to God for any fruitful results.
Not our plan for effecting salvation; always His plan.
