EXTRAVAGANT PLANS

1 Chronicles 28:19 NLT 19 “Every part of this plan,” David told Solomon, “was given to me in writing from the hand of the Lord.”

We all make plans of one kind or another, whether it’s for a holiday, or maybe a family celebration and some people plan it down to the last detail, while others go with the flow!😊

In Chronicles we read how God personally gave David His plans for the Temple that was to be built, and we discover they were very meticulous. King Solomon actually carried those plans out to the last detail and we realise how extravagant they were! There was nothing but the best, nothing too much trouble and God provided it all through King David. He even provided the master craftsman Huram to make the gold, silver, bronze and embroidered artefacts. It was probably what we would call ‘over the top’!😊

It gives us an insight into the heart of God and His plans for each one of us. 

1 Corinthians 3:16 NKJV Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? We are now God’s temple and His plans for each one of us individually, and as a body of believers, are just as extravagant, over the top, and detailed, because that’s just who He is!

Psalm 32:8 NLT The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you. So whatever is going on with you at the minute, be encouraged and know God still has good plans for your life, they are plans to give you a future and a hope, plans to bless you not to harm you.

He has things prepared and planned for you to seek out and walk into, whether they are spiritual, physical, or relational - they are good plans, extravagant plans, detailed plans, and they have His fingerprints all over them! We just have to listen for His instructions and be willing to do as He says.😊

Thank You Lord. Amen.

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AT THE PROPER TIME

Galations 6:9 NIV 9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

I was reminded this week that one of the biggest tests we all face is not opposition, it’s time. When we keep believing God’s promise when we can’t see anything changing, when we remain faithful if we don’t receive any encouragement, when things look worse and we remain determined to stand on God’s word knowing He cannot lie, we are putting our faith to work.😊

None of us enjoys waiting but when we do, God honours our faith, we’re doing the ‘good’ He talks about in our verse, He’s helping us pass the test of time, to not give up, and to reap the harvest He promised.

Abraham waited decades for his promised son to arrive. Noah built the ark over a hundred years but every day he woke up there was no sign of the promised flood. Nevertheless, he obeyed what God told him to do, despite the mockery, despite his doubts, and he reaped the harvest - his family was rescued. 

Now we don’t have a hundred years to wait, many of us may never see one hundred, but if God has promised us something, it will happen. All He requires of us is to remain in faith, to believe what He has said.😊

When God goes quiet, when we don’t have any further instructions, when we don’t ‘see’ what we’re believing for with our natural eyes, we need to remember our faith is based on the incorruptible written Word of God, and know He is working behind the scenes.

The Holy Spirit’s encouragement to us today is to keep believing, don’t be moved by what you see or feel, but stand on God’s promise and know He will bring your harvest to pass - at the proper time - in His time.😊 Amen.

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