Unplanned

Let’s face it. Things rarely ever go as planned. Have you ever made a new friend, and they invite you over to their house for the first time? I remember when I was younger, I would imagine what their house would look like when I would get there. It may be just me, but I think we have all pictured something near our definition of perfect, and then it never happens the way we want. 

Maybe someone you love decides they don’t love you anymore. 

Maybe your best friend becomes a whole different person. 

Maybe your family members don’t make good decisions, and their lives have gone astray. 

Maybe your relationship doesn’t go as planned. 

Maybe a day you spent forever planning was a total disaster. 

Maybe you lose someone much too early than deserved. 

Maybe you work so hard for something, but continue to fail at it according to someone else’s standards. 

There’s so many things in our lives that go completely wrong. 

But the only reason we see them as “completely wrong” is because we are comparing them to our perfect view of what they were supposed to be like. And let’s face it, we are all far from perfect, so why in the world would our plans be perfect?

I’m here to tell you that they’re not. In fact, they’re often the exact opposite of perfect. 

We, as human beings can not possibly achieve absolute perfection. 

And that’s OK. 

That’s not our job. 

But you see, God’s plan for our lives is the definition of perfection, though to us, it may seem like heartbreak and disaster. 

We must trust that God’s will is PERFECT, ESPECIALLY when things in our lives don’t go as WE planned. When things fail, we tend to blame God, but really we should be praising Him for all the things in our lives that go wrong! 

1 Thessalonians 5:18 Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

God’s plan for us includes every single thing that hurts us, breaks us, and troubles us…yet His plan is STILL perfect. 

Things in our lives can be ultra-messy, but that’s okay!! That’s the way it’s supposed to be. 

We cry, “God, why me?! Why did you let this happen?”

Jer. 29:11 “For I KNOW the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord. “Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you HOPE and a FUTURE.”

2 Corinthians 5:7 For we must live by faith and not by sight. 

In the end it’s all going to be okay. And if it’s not okay, it’s not the end yet. In the end, these hardships will make us so much stronger and closer to God and each other. God has a perfect time for everything.

Ecclesiastes 3:21-22 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing…

Let go of the plans you have for yourself, and let God’s plan just be. 

Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

You may not like your situation, but God has you there because you need it. It happens to be that when everything seems to be falling apart, God is putting everything together. We may not understand why God throws things our way, but we just have to trust His will. 

Wherever He has us and whatever He gives us is all a part of His perfect plan, is shaping us according to His purpose for our lives, and it’s in our best interest whether we agree or not. 

God knows what He’s doing. Just submit, trust Him, and watch everything fall in place.