“And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.” –Philippians 4:19-20

          Does God really care about my individual life? Does He really have the time to show me His plan for my life? Why do we think there is a God if we can’t understand what He is doing?

           

Have you ever thought about or wondered any of these questions before? For some I know it is a daily struggle. To wonder if God is even there and if He is, why would He care about me? For others it might not be so difficult. The questions might be something more like:

Are you there God? What is your plan for my life? Why can’t I figure it out?

Whatever the case may be I am willing to bet that every one of you have doubted either the existence of God or His plan for your life. I know that I have. Fairly recently too! Back in June I finished my DCE (Director of Christian Education) Internship, and for me that internship did not turn into a full time position like it did for some of my classmates. So my wife and I moved back home with my parents and started looking for retail jobs while we waited for a Call.( That is when a church is looking to fill a staff position and they think that God is working through them to offer that position to someone.) So we start looking for retail jobs so that we can save up some money and be ready to move when the Call comes.

Not more than a couple of weeks went by and my wife found a job and I am in the interview process with a church. Everything seems to be going to plan for us. We had gotten a little time off to be with family and friends at home and now the job possibility was there. Well needless to say that interview did not turn into a Call and the waiting process continued and continued and continued. Over the next 3 months I went through a couple more interviews all of which did not turn out to be the position that God wanted me to have and I started to wonder if He was still getting to His plan or if I had missed it and couldn’t figure out something that He had already told me. I was becoming more and more frustrated because through this whole experience I was filling out other retail job applications like it was my job and not once did I get a phone call or email asking to interview for any of them. I had filled out nearly 20 applications and nothing had come through.

            I’m sure that some of you have experienced the same thing and know just how frustrating that is. But isn’t it always that when you are getting the most frustrated or upset that God steps in and shows His plan for your life? That’s what happened for me. Nearly 4 months later I interviewed with my current church, and all of the doors God had seemed to close before were flying open. The Call came, my wife got offered a job, someone offered us a place to live while we got adjusted to our new surroundings, and then we found an apartment (which is a story for another time).

            Sometimes we get bogged down with the plan that we have for our own lives. We have our five year plan all laid out and want everything to go according to our plan. But that’s not usually how life works is it? Something comes up and causes us to rethink or rework our plan. It causes us frustrations beyond belief because we want to be in control of our lives. We want to know that we can make it on our own without help from our parents, earthly or heavenly. Thankfully God knows. He has planned how our lives are going to be used to show His plan and His mercy to others. Whatever situation you are in now, look for the hand of God. How might He be using you right now to show someone else that He cares for them or showing you that He cares for you? How might He be meeting your needs without you knowing it?

Don’t worry. He’s got you.

Question for the day: How has God been showing you He cares for and has a plan for your life recently?

                               

“God meets daily needs daily. Not weekly or annually. He will give you what you need when it is needed.” –Max Lucado