There is a Plan

Day 67
My presence is with you always. I am in the falling rain and in the shining sun. My creation tells about me. You can see my character through what I have created, by what I do, and by knowing my word.

Let your consciousness of Me be foremost in your mind. Knowing Me -- not just about Me -- is the key to life. By being filled with my Spirit, you can know Me from the inside out. You can know my mind. My Son made that possible when he became a human being. He walked with Me like you can walk with Me. By his resurrection, you have newness of life -- direction, purpose, wholeness and fulfillment. All the work has been completed for you. You have only to take up your cross and follow Me. When you take it up, that means you commit to putting yourself to death. The hopes, dreams, desires and plans you have for yourself and your life here without Me are what you nail to that cross. Those dreams are empty and without purpose, and you will waste all your time and energy trying to follow them.

Follow me instead. I know the plans I have made for you, and my purposes are sure. They are for you, not for Me only. Your unique design and personality, your personal strengths and weaknesses, and all your innermost needs, I have formed and fashioned with careful precision to fit flawlessly into my tapestry of creation. All you will ever see with your human eyes is only a small part of the whole design. I will show you enough so that you can trust Me for all the rest. You will see it all and enjoy it fully someday.

Remember this, fix it in mind, take it to heart, you rebels. Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please. From the east I summon a bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose. What I have said, that I will bring about; what I have planned, that will I do [Isaiah 46:8-11].