His will

Ecclesiastes 3:14-15
    I've also concluded that whatever God does, that's the way it's going to be, always. No addition, no subtraction. God's done it and that's it. That's so we'll quit asking questions and simply worship in holy fear.

            Whatever was, is.
            Whatever will be, is.
            That's how it always is with God.

This verse sums up where I am in life. I was originally planning on writing something about Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 but my attention was drawn to verses 14 and 15. I will likely post on verses 1-8 at some point but it seemed more important to focus on these later two verses.

Its taken me a fair while and an interesting journey to get to the point where I realises these verses to be true. If God has something planned you can bet it will happen. It is not that He forces us to do something or that He leaves us no options. It is just that His plans are the best, and eventually we realise this and end up following them. For some people like me this is not easy, I am used to doing my own thing in my own time. Admittedly this does mostly consist of letting the world just ride on by and me jumping on and off as I wish with little or no planning. Even so it is difficult for me to allow someone else to take control.

It happens though that every time I say ok God do your thing in my life wondrous things happen, a peace descends and things fall into place. Whereas when I try to plan or strike my own path while things go well to begin with they eventually fall apart.

God's plans are awesome, while He has planned for the whole universe, He has also planned for me in such intricate detail. even though there are infinitely more important things to think about He took time to care about me. He loves me enough to include me in His plan and He trusts me enough to be His servant. For someone who has struggled with family and relationships in the past this is an awesome experience. To know that God will always be there for me and will always care, even when I let Him down. No matter what, through it all, He will be there.

I heard an interesting story told at the weekend from a well respected member of my Church. He said that in the past he had doubts about the direction our Church was headed, that he thought God was leading us down the wrong path and the Church was heading for disaster. At the end of the story he said he was pleasantly surprised that everything had worked out well and the Church was now in a much better position.

While listening to this story I was concerned that this senior member of my local Church had so underestimated God, that he had failed to trust in Him. It is one thing to say that you have concerns about the direction of the Church, but another to say you have worries about His plans. Has this man got such a flawed understanding of God? or was it merely a slip of the tongue?

Whatever the case, as Christians we need to have full faith in Him and His plans. He is the creator of all things, perfect and unchangeable. If we trust in Him amazing things can be done in His name. The best way I can think to end this post is with the Bible verse again, please read it and consider how it affects your life as a Christian.

Ecclesiastes 3:14-15 

    I've also concluded that whatever God does, that's the way it's going to be, always. No addition, no subtraction. God's done it and that's it. That's so we'll quit asking questions and simply worship in holy fear.

            Whatever was, is.

            Whatever will be, is.

            That's how it always is with God.