1570 Earthly Things

Nobody loves having their plans ruined. Nobody loves seeing all they’ve been working on completely fall apart. It feels discouraging. It feels overwhelming. But what if we’re just looking at it wrong?

What if all that’s happening here with your ruined plans and failed attempts is heavenly things interrupting earthly things? Think about that! You’re dealing with earthly things. You’re planning earthly things. You’re in the mix of earthly details. But God is high above it all in heavenly things. From his vantage point, he sees it all. But remember this, he not only sees it all, he can control it all. And if God steps in and rearranges a few things, don’t you think it’s because he sees what you cannot?

MAY HEAVENLY THINGS CONSTANTLY INTERRUPT YOUR EARTHLY THINGS.

This isn’t an inconvenience, this is a divine intervention! Dare to see it for what it is and receive it!

Many years ago I simply decided to change my personal philosophy from the victim mentality of why were things always happening to me, to believing things weren’t happening to me, they were happening for me.

This isn’t naive. This isn’t clueless. This is faith. This is trusting God is in every detail, and if the details change, then it was for my benefit. Romans 8:28 says, “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.” You either believe it, or you don’t. If you believe it, then you can trust this isn’t happening to you, it’s happening FOR you, because God is working all things together for good concerning you. Why? Simply because he loves you and you have chosen to love him.

1 Corinthians 2:9, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.”

And because God loves us, he will interrupt us. He will intervene on our behalf. He will rearrange, delay, cancel, and create a total upheaval. All to bring us into alignment with these good plans he has prepared for us that are promised to be better than our own.

Now, here’s the wild thing about God’s interruptions to our plans, we can actually SEE them for what they are and KNOW it was him working for us. How? His Spirit that lives within us.

1 Corinthians 2, verses 10-12, goes on to say: “But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets. No one can know a person’s thoughts except that person’s own spirit, and no one can know God’s thoughts except God’s own Spirit. And we have received God’s Spirit so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us.”Let me put this into simple terms. God works in mysterious ways, but we have been given the gift of understanding these mysteries!

The next time you lose your keys and you’re delayed leaving the house, check God’s spirit within you. Is he saying, “My girl, calm down, I did this FOR you. I’m protecting you from what you do not see.”

The next time things don’t work out the way you thought they would, check God’s spirit within you. Is he saying, “I closed that door because I have a better one for you?”

Take the exact disappointment you’re dealing with right now … that thing that has you still waiting … that thing that still hasn’t happened … what is God’s spirit within you saying? Is he saying, “This is so much bigger than what you currently see. Trust me, I’m working here.”

Seriously,