Part 4 of Dreams series

Now if God prepared IN ADVANCE for us to do good works don’t you think it reasonable that he would have laid those plans in us as children, even before we may have known him fully? God pursues us hoping that we will choose him. God knows the past, the present, and the future of our lives. He laid forth our desires so that we could do what he planned for us to do. What a better way to fulfill the plans he has laid forth than by making our heart’s desire our call?


Now some of you may be saying…..if that’s the case then what about free will? Well just because we have desires in our hearts does not mean we have to pursue them or even acknowledge them. God is not one to force us down any path. Granted there is a path he would like us to follow…..but the choice is ALWAYS ours to make. How many here know people who choose to be miserable. They enjoy being a martyr because it is what they know and it is certainly easier that doing the work God has called us to do. God wants us to choose him and his plan…..but it is a choice. Do you think that maybe those people we have in our lives that are choosing not to follow God or his plan might be who we are supposed to be guiding and helping? If we can show our friends and acquaintances that we are happy because we are living in the will of God….don’t you think God will use that to touch their hearts and soften their hearts so that he can touch them?


Since we have free will that might being up another concern for you as well. What if we want to follow but aren’t sure how to. What about those times in our lives when we really want to do what God has planned for us and we aren’t sure what the choices are that we should be making. We aren’t sure if we’ve heard correctly from the Holy Spirit about what we should be doing….we have sought his advice but we just aren’t sure. What then? Can we mess up all God has planned for us if we don’t do it the right way? Luckily……we can’t.


Jeremiah 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.


1 Chronicles 28:9

"And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.


Jeremiah 17:10

"I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve."


Romans 8:27-29

And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will. And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.