if i should ask you are you walking in
faith are you walking by sight
how would you answer that
do you walk according to the will and
purpose and plan of god for your life
are you just walking
trusting and hoping things will turn out
god wants us to walk
trusting him for every single thing
and that is he desires that you and i
walk by faith
we either walk by faith or by sight most
people they got to see it to believe it
i think all of us have moments in life
when we want to hear god's voice or
receive some definite sign from him
regarding a relationship
perhaps a pending marriage a business
decision
a career choice
or a major expenditure you know our
decisions really matter we make
decisions our decisions turn around and
make us and we face so many questions
throughout all of our lifetime like
how about should i get married if the
answer is yes who should i marry
should i go to college i've got a good
job shall i take the new job
should i just hold on to the one i have
is there any way to be 100 certain about
god's will
when you're making
a major choice in life or a college but
remember we walk by faith
not my sight
and i want to say to you you are not
going to get 100
assurance and confidence before you make
a choice because it would require zero
faith
we pray about it we wait on the lord
and then
we make our choice
we believe what we don't see that's what
faith is faith is a substance of things
hoped for the evidence of things not
seen once you see then you don't need
faith anymore
faith means you have it in your heart
before you have it in your circumstance
but it really can be just as good as
having it if you really
trust and believe god
you have to take the plunge
you have to make the choice
go ahead and make the best decision you
can make and when you've done that leave
the results to god because god's purpose
will stand and if yours are not he will
correct it he will redeem it and he will
still keep you on the right path to your
future destiny and will not forsake you
he wants you to know his will more than
you want to know it and i think one of
the reasons that people live out of the
will of god is they're not willing to
take the first step
god will say something and god will
speak to the people say and i hear
people tell me this whole time well god
doesn't speak to me yes he does
you may not be listening but he does god
doesn't play favorites he loves us all
but sometimes he'll require something
that doesn't make any sense whatsoever
if i'm going to follow the lord i've got
to be willing to listen to him
and i've got to be willing to trust him
when i don't understand it
you may have some things you don't
understand you can't figure out you
don't see the answer that's okay
you don't have to see it
this is a key to faith trusting when you
don't understand
trusting when you don't have the answers
trusting when it seems like just the
opposite of what you were hoping for
quit worrying about those things you
can't figure out god has you in the palm
of his hand
i know not how this is going to work out
but i do know who's on the throne
i do know who's directing our steps i do
know who's planned out our days
before you were ever born
god pondered plans
he had for you before there was even a
single day
to your existence
and he established your purpose
before you were ever created
in your mother's womb
they were actually recorded or written
in his book
god has plans for me
jeremiah 29
verse 11 the new living translation
reads god says for i know the plans i
know him
i know the plans plural so he must have
some plans
plural ones
i know the plans i have for you says the
lord
they are plans for good
and not for disaster
to give you a future
and to give you
a hope
so god has great
plans for you he promises that his plans
for your destiny
are only good ones
no disasters are planned for you by god
he hasn't written down on this occasion
when they're 35 40 years old i'm gonna
get them
none of that
no his plans are only good
and they're only filled with grace and
hope
you're not god
he is
i think that is really comforting to
know you know there is a god and it
ain't me
and that's why i'm hanging on to him and
trusting him i think what happens is
that we forget that he is in control of
the life i gave him i do want to make
good choices but i'm a limited human
being i can't see the future but i can
i've got scripture i've got prayer i've
got wise people and then you've got a
piece in your heart and at the end of
the day i have to do that and trust god
and i have to believe regardless of what
happens he will orchestrate my life and
i'll end up where i'm supposed to be
doing what i'm supposed to do i don't
have to obsess hyperventilate or control
everyone and everything around me i
don't have to worry about the minutia
the little miniature things of life i
can have confidence that this god is
going to take care of everything you
know you can sleep well
once you realize god's in control of
your life i don't like everything i
don't understand everything just like
you but i do know he's in control and i
know no human being energized by satan
not even satan himself can stop the
purpose of god for your life or mine and
here's what i've noticed
even if you trust god and make a mistake
if you genuinely make a mistake god has
the most awesome ways of correcting that
mistake he knows your heart he knows
you're willing to do or what he requires
of you and god knows beth and we do that
some things he requires of us is very
difficult
but the question is are you listening
and secondly are you trusting that
whatever he says for you to do that
you're to do
abraham and i'm glad this is in the
bible he made some wrong choices
but god didn't stop blessing him he
didn't cast them aside listen before god
ever created
anything in this life
he knew
that his finest children would make
mistakes
they would sin against him
they would disobey him because living in
the world in which you and i live in
that we make mistakes
the times of weakness the times of
failure and god forgives and he keeps
moving us
he can put you exactly where he wants
you to be
he can arrange all the details of your
life years in advance
he can open doors that seems shut tight
he can remove any obstacle that stands
in your way
he can take your choices and fit them
into his plan so you end up at the right
place at the right time he can even take
your mistakes and bring good out of them
don't forget he's our redeemer he
redeems things
he can take tragedy use it for your good
and his glory all he needs is a willing
heart just someone to reasonably
cooperate this doesn't mean you won't
have to make difficult and hard choices
you will but it takes the pressure off
because it means you can trust god to
take your decisions your choices and use
them to accomplish his will in your life
proverbs 3 5 and 6 trust in the lord
with all your heart lean not to your own
understanding in all your ways
acknowledge him
and he will direct your path the steps
of a good man are ordered or directed by
the lord even when you don't know what
the heck's going on he's directing them
lay your head on your pillow knowing
dad's up he's in charge and he's going
to govern the affairs of your life if he
shuts the door and opens the door he's
just directing you it's going to be all
right
god loves you so much and he's got such
a great blessed wonderful life for you
hear me god has plans for you
they're awesome plans you have not maxed
out your potential