God's Plan For You All Along

[shortlady]

God's Plan For You All Along

I am going to make a statement that you will rejoice to hear, but probably struggle to embrace. - God's plan all along has been to make you like His Son, Jesus Christ. This is your destiny. - And, if you have accepted the Lordship of Christ, He will be relentless in His pursuit of this goal in your life. I rejoice in this truth, but I struggle daily with this process of transformation. We shall call it "Sanctification", but it occurs through discipleship. As we choose to become "Disciples of Christ", we begin the lifelong battle to discipline ourselves for a greater cause. No one enjoys discipline. Nobody really likes change. But that is what God is in the business of doing with our lives. Scripture is repeatedly reminding us of godly character our lives should exhibit.


Jesus spoke the beatitudes in His sermon on the mount. Paul listed the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians and devoted a whole chapter to love in 1 Corinthians 13. Peter taught the building blocks to a successful, productive life. God's ultimate goal for your life on earth is not comfort, but character development. This stuff is hard work! I find it very difficult to develop the character of Christ. Remember, this is earth, not heaven. It is supposed to be difficult because that's what causes us to grow. So how do I do it? "Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit" says the Lord. The secret to success is realizing that Christ lives in you. Our successful transformation happens from the inside out. As you fight the good fight and discipline yourself to imitate Christ, remember - Successful imitation occurs because of spiritual inhabitation. "Christ in you, the hope of glory." God be with us all...

 

[Sleepy]

Makes sense to me

Thanks xx

 

[hadirfuss]

God has a plan, just trust in His plan and His purpose will be fulfilled in your life.

...being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Phil 1:6

 

[Haynaru]

Thank you shorlady for this.
when you said "God's ultimate goal for your life on earth is not comfort, but character development" I got shocked, because I think in my life I've been trying to be comfortable, I've been running away from discipline, and that's when struggle and questions come to me and I wonder why should I be going through all this suffering on earth. it's been happening a lot lately., and I can see, how God do His work on me and now He has answered my questions through you dear shortlady and I feel like He is here right now, talking to me.

mg:

Thank the Lord for using you sis shortlady

Gos bless you lots!!!

 

[mounty]

wow hard to even think we could be like his son our saviour Jesus Christ.
I will follow whatever path my Lord has chosen for me
I follow him blind and am happy to do so

 

[abigya]

Thank you for sharing sister.

Just to give more biblical insight

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.
Jeremiah 29:11

This is one of my favorite verse


blessings!!!