Accepting His Plans
MEMORY VERSE OF THE WEEK
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+ Ecclesiastes 12:8 Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Everything is meaningless!”
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VERSE OF THE DAY
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+2 Samuel 7:8 Now then, tell my servant, David, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, and appointed you ruler over my people Israel.“
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SUBJECT: Accepting His Plans
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** SAY THIS BEFORE YOU READ; HERE’S SOME CHRISTIAN TRUTHS **
I AM BLESSED
I AM KIND
I AM COMPASSIONATE
I AM LOVED
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THOUGHTS:
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The Lord looks past our faults; when we confess our sins and turn away, we are showing God that we need him more than anything; a lot of people feel that God stays mad with us when we sin, but he doesn’t look at David in this text, David had done a couple of things wrong in his life, and God still gave him a blessing such as this. He said, that I took you from the pasture and appointed you over my people.
God will open doors no man can shut; he will bring opportunities that no one can describe; a lot of times, we are looking for blessings in one way, and he gives them to us in a whole new way. We have to understand that God has his plans; we can think we know what he wants us to do and how he want it done, but sometimes we have to go through the journey, and that is what David did; he went through it with every step with God !!
Verse 9: I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now, I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest men on earth. “
When God gives us a promise, we might forget or dont believe whatever the case may be, but God promises us he will never leave us or forsake us. But he told David right here, I won’t leave you. God even tells us that he’ll cut off our enemies, but in order for these two things to happen, we must be diligent and faithful to him; a lot of us we aren’t, and we expect him to keep up his side of the deal, but we refuse to dwell in him ,but he gave David so much, he let him be known to so many, and so many feared him, they knew of him by his mannerism by his reputation.
• 1 Samuel 18:7 As they danced, they sang: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
•1 Samuel 18:5 Whatever mission Saul sent him on, David was so successful that Saul gave him a high rank in the army. This pleased all the troops, and Saul’s officers as well.”
Verse 15: But my love will never be taken away from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 Your house and your kingdom will endure forever before me; your throne will be established forever.’”
God told David, and this is something we can stand on with God; he won’t take his love away from us, he will never refuse us when we come back to him, he will never ignore our cry, but it is up to us to turn to him to yield to him God can give us everything we ever wanted and needed, but it’s up to us to stand near him, God promised David that his house would endure forever and that it will be established, when God place his favor and love on us, he will forever give us anything within his will for our lives,
Verse 20–21: What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Sovereign Lord. 21 For the sake of your word and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made it known to your servant.
David shows another example of how to deal with disappointment, and that by allowing God to have his way, David could’ve been angry he wasn’t going to be the one to build the house; he didn’t take on pride, he didn’t let that overshadow what God has spoke, when God says no, we say I take it into my own hands but David didn’t he accept whatever God had plans for him, how many of us look at the bigger picture and say well I dont have this but at least I have that how many of us look at what God says unto us, in that way very few of us do.
***Today, do not allow what someone else says or does to affect you and your view of God’s plans for your life. God sometimes will say no, and that no is to prevent you from going through more heartache, and when he says yes, that’s when God is trying to place you on the path he wants for you, no that yes might not be the yes you want but it’s a yes God had planned for your life. Our biggest battles aren’t the ones we fight with others. Sometimes, it’s the battles we fight with ourselves because we want to have all the control instead of rendering it all to God.
©Seer~ Prophetess Lee
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PRAYER
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Heavenly Father, we thank you for another lesson today. We ask you to help us to apply it to our lives! Every day is such a blessing, and we give you everything. We ask you today to help us stay focused on you and accept the plans you have for us. Father, whatever you say no to, we accept. We ask you to continue to work with us even in our foolish ways. Please help us accept your will and plans for us, whatever they may be. Lord, we ask you to change our character daily; we want to be a living sacrifice for you in Jesus' name, Amen.
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REFERENCES
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+ Psalm 33:11 The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.
+ Proverbs 15:22 Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.
+ Psalm 48:14 That this is God, our God forever and ever. He will guide us forever.
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FURTHER READINGS
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PROVERBS 14
AMOS 1
1 PETER 3
TITUS 2
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