Purpose in Life

Proverbs 19:21

Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.

Whether you're a planner or a go with the flow kind of person, we all have an idea set in our heads of just how we want our lives to be. We make all these plans in our minds of how we want our lives to go, and of all the things that come along with achieving what we perceive as an ideal life. The more we think about our perfect little plans and build them up in our heads, the more we begin to pursue those plans and act on them. While most people see nothing wrong with mapping out their life and sticking to that plan, there is one problem with it: we were never meant to plan our lives or pursue that plan. The God who created the universe, the world, and each of us has an incredible purpose laid out for our lives that is greater than anything our minds could ever conjure. A perfect God has a perfect purpose laid out for our lives and He desires for us to grow closer to Him that we may know and live by that purpose. The more we try to fight God's purpose by sticking solely to our little plans, the more we find that our plans were never meant to be and will never work out the way we want them to. Once we surrender to God and commit to living by His purpose, we'll find that our plans small greatly in comparison to God's grand purpose for our lives. God does have an incredible purpose for our lives. We just need to give into that purpose and let it be the driving force in our lives.

Talk to God about whatever plans you may have for your life, how they came to be, and how they are working out for you. If you feel God leading you, surrender all of your plans over to Him and ask Him to guide you by the purpose He has planned for your life. Rest in this moment and take joy in that God's purpose will run the course of your life.

I pray that God's grand purpose for your life would guide you and give you joy throughout today. I hope you all have a fantastic day! And also, this will be my last blog post for a while as I am leaving to go out of town until Wednesday. So no Litte Wisdom Nuggets until then! I really encourage all of you to dive into God's word on your own, and let God's word move powerfully within your heart. Have an awesome week, and I'll be back to blogging soon! :)

Madelynn