TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL (Saturday 14TH August 2021)
“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 TLB
WELCOME TO THE 226TH DAY OF OUR YEAR OF HIGHER HEIGHTS!
We are marching forward and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Yes, so long as our decisions are not outsourced from the human or demonic planes, we are in shape as a people of God, backed by His throne.
This morning God is bringing another set of wisdom to us. Heaven has something to say! Today’s word will be on some hidden truths of divine plans and counsels. I want us to get ready for a deposit that will make sure we are not deposited in hellish situations.
Now let’s get started!
There are three basic plans that are influencing humanity on our planet earth today; the plans of God, the plans of man, and the plans of the evil one (the devil). The Bible sometimes calls plans “counsels.” And it says “the counsel of God shall stand.”
Meaning others may manifest but will never stand the test of time. Only that of God will both manifest and stand the test of time. The plans of God are the only plans on planet earth that has a glorious future for any man. Sadly, many are living according to the plans of men and the evil one for their lives. That is why they are in misery.
We were not originally designed to survive in our own plans for our lives, or the plans of the devil – irrespective of how lofty they may look. We were designed to survive in God’s plans. Christianity is not receiving power from God to succeed in your own plans. That will be Christianity controlled by the spirit of Babylon – a system of the corrupt world.
Christianity is submitting your entire life to Jesus Christ and harmonizing it with His plans for your life. And if you have not heard it before, I want to announce to you through this devotional that God has a plan for you.
YOU MUST DISCOVER AND HARMONIZE YOUR LIFE WITH IT. PERIOD!
The rhythm your life will produce, if you harmonize it with God’s plans, will be supernaturally pleasant. Two words we can use to describe it are “peace” and “Prosperity.” Yes, because we live in an imperfect world there could be challenges, but the peace and the prosperity of God will always be available to deal with them.
Your security, prosperity, protection, significance, and bearing in life are buried in that plan. Stepping into it is the only key to turning every good thing in your life on. Meaning, you cannot become anything significant in this life as a Child of God until you step into God’s plan for your life.
God’s plans are the most secured places on earth and the most effective miracle keys. Sadly, many do not know that! Get this straight – What God has designed to be turned on in your life by stepping into His plan, cannot be turned on by praying, fasting, or sowing seeds to get it done.
When the bad and ugly are always happening to you, it is a sign that you are either outside God’s plan for your life or you are not following them accurately.
Stepping into God’s plan for your life remains the only solution to your entire problems. Life outside God’s plans can be very horrible. You will lack divine interventions when you need them most.
Many do not know that God do not just intervene in things. He will first look into the situation to see if the people involved are in His plans for their lives. If they are not, it will be difficult to secure lasting interventions. Hence, in His love and mercy, He will send a prophet to them to bring them into His plans for their lives before intervening in their situations.
Divine manifestations are unleashed after a people have been rooted in divine plans.
The Israelites were in Egypt for 400 years. They were in slavery during those years. Many people were also in slavery like them under other kings in those ancient times. But God could not bring these other slaves out of their task masters except the Israelites. He was able to bring Israel out because they were in His divine plan.
THE EASIEST WAY TO TERMINATE THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL IN YOUR LIFE IS TO STEP INTO A DIVINE PLAN OF GOD FOR YOUR LIFE.
Step into a Church that is God’s plan for your life. Submit to a minister of the gospel that is God’s plan for your life. Get involved in any ministry that is God’s plans for your life. Get married to a man of woman that is God’s plan for your life. Pursue a career that is God’s plan for your life. Buy a car or live in a house that is God’s plans for your life.
People who limit their lives just to things that are God’s plans for them will end up living the most peaceful lives on earth. When you step into God’s plan for your life, the enemy will step out of your life. God’s divine plans and demonic oppression cannot co-exist!
Even in the school of receiving blessing from God, what will come to you by stepping into God’s plans for your life, will never come to you through any other means!
Our devotional text quoted God saying;
“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
God’s plans are the only plans with a future – a glorious future. When you step into them – they could look bleak and unpromising – you have stepped into a glorious future.
Now, having known all that, how do we step into God’s plan for our lives?
It begins with a word from the LORD. It begins from the place of revelation. God will have to speak or reveal them to you. Any accurate thing from the LORD is not discovered on the surface of life. It is revealed to the Heart in the deeper places of the Spirit.
So, begin a deeper walk with God today. You have been shallow for too long. You must go deep to discover God’s true plans for your life.
When you walk with God and allow Him to take you to the deeper places of His Spirit, you will wake up one day to see yourself fulfilling His plans for your life.
MAKE THIS SCRIPTURE AN ADDITIONAL MEDITATION FOR TODAY;
“The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nought; He makes the thoughts and plans of the peoples of no effect.”
“The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the thoughts of His heart through all generations.”
“Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His heritage.” Psalms 33:10-11 AMP