GOD HAS A PLAN FOR US.

 ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE THINGS THAT COMES OUT OF A CONSCIOUSNESS OF GOD IS A KNOWLEDGE THAT HE HAS A PLAN FOR US. TOO MANY  PEOPLE JUST STUMBLE AND BLUNDER THROUGH LIFE. WHEN IT COMES TO CHURCH THEY THINK THEY MUST HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR BRAINS  AT THE DOOR.  THEY DO NOT HAVE A BASIC CONVICTION ABOUT THE FUTURE. THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO DWELLS WITHIN US WILL LEAD US INTO ALL TRUTH., THEREFORE INTO A THRILLING, ADVENTUROUS LIFE.  THAT IS A FACT PROMISED BY OUR LORD  GOD HASN'T CREATED US FOR A SPAN OF HAPHAZARDS  INCIDENTS. LIFE DOES NOT CONSIST OF A CONSECUTIVE GATHERING OF GOOD OR BAD BREAKS WITHOUT CAUSE. WHEN LIFE TUMBLES IN UPON US, WHEN EVERYTHING GOES WRONG, WHEN MISFORTUNE DOGS OUR EVERY STEP, IT IS NOT BECAUSE IT IS THE WILL OF GOD. IT IS NOT IN GOD'S PLAN. GOD'S PLAN IS GOOD. THERE IS CAUSE BEHIND EVIL EXPERIENCE AND CAUSE BEHIND GOOD EXPERIENCE. GOD'S PROCESSES ARE ORDERLY.  GOD IS INTERESTED IN YOU PERSONALLY. HE IS SO DESIROUS, THIS APPEAL CAME AS PART OF A CONCLUSION.THERE WAS A SERMON PREACHED ONCE BY A BAPTIST MINISTER WHO AT THE END MAKES A FINAL APPEAL: " MY FRIENDS, LET US MAKE IT PRACTICAL LESSON FOR US ALL. CHRISTIAN PEOPLE, BEGIN TO "PRAY" MORE, AND FROM THIS LEARN TO TAKE JESUS TO YOUR HEART AND BEGIN TO FIND WHAT THIS EXPERIENCE WILL TEACH YOU. ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW IS " THAT YOU HAVE BUT TO ASK AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN.  GOD IS SO DESIROUS THAT YOUR FUTURE WORK OUT ACCORDING TO HIS PLAN.  THE MOLD WAS BROKEN WHEN HE MADE YOU. NEVER AGAIN IN HISTORY WILL HE MAKE ANOTHER PERSON EXACTLY LIKE YOU.
THERE WILL BE NO DUPLICATION. HE MADE YOU DIFFERENT FROM EVERYONE ELSE, EVEN TO THE DETAILS OF THE TIPS OF YOUR FINGER TIPS WHICH ARE ABSOLUTELY INDIVIDUAL. NO DETAIL OF YOUR LIFE IS TOO SMALL FOR HIS UNDERSTANDING AND NOTICE. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? NOBODY KNOWS.  "PRACTICE THE PRESENCE."
 THERE WILL BE IN LIFE A PATH. THE PATH IS NOT A BLUEPRINT THAT IS SET DOWN WITH COMPLETE DETAIL IN REGARD TO YOUR FUTURE. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL WHICH UNFOLDS WHEN YOU FOLLOW HIS WAY. ON THE OTHER IF YOU DEFY THE WAY WHICH CHRIST HAS CHOSEN FOR FOR YOU, OR IGNORE THEM, WE MAKE OUR OWN HAZARDOUS FUTURE IN DEFIANCE OF THE LAWS OF "ETERNAL TRUTH,"  IN TURN BATTERING YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE WALL OF THAT BUILDING. GOD DOES NOT LOOK THROUGH THE MYSTERIOUS VEIL OF TOMORROW. HE HAS ARRANGED A PROGRAM FOR US WHEREBY WE HAVE TO LIVE DAY BY DAY. SOME OF THE GREAT PROPHETS AND SAINTS DID SEE INTO THE FUTURE. LET'S LOOK AT JUST ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF THE WAY IN WHICH OUR LORD SAW GOD'S PLAN. LOOK AT THE GOSPEL FOR MONDAY IN "HOLY WEEK. "IT" READS, " AND SOME BEGAN TO SPIT ON HIM, JOUST HIM AROUND AND SAY UNTO HIM, " PROPHESY," AND DID STRIKE HIM WITH PALMS OF THEIR HAND." AND JESUS SAID, " THE SCRIPTURES MUST BE FULFILLED. THE SON OF MAN GOETH INDEED AS IT IS WRITTEN"  TIME AND AGAIN, JESUS KNEW WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT. HE KNEW WHAT THEY WOULD DO, AND HE KNEW WHAT GOD PLANNED FOR HIS SON. IN THIS INSTANCE IN THE REALITY OF GOD'S PLAN FOR HIS SON. JESUS TOLD HIS DISCIPLES TO GO OUT AND PREPARE FOR THE PASSOVER. HE PREDICTED THEY WOULD MEET A MAN WITH PITCHER WHOM THEY SHOULD FOLLOW. HE  SAID THEY WOULD FIND THE PROPRIETOR OF A HOUSE--
THE "GOOD MAN OF THE HOUSE, AS HE TOLD THEM. HE FORETOLD THE MAN WOULD HAVE AN UPPER ROOM WHICH WOULD BE PREPARED FOR THEIR FINAL FEAST. THEN HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT ONE OF THEM WOULD BETRAY HIM. NEXT, HE SAID  ALL OF YOU SHALL BE OFFENDED THIS NIGHT." HE TOLD HOW THE COCK WOULD CROW THRICE AND PETER WOULD DENY HIM. AND FINALLY, HE TOLD THEM THAT IF HIS OWN TEMPLE, THAT IS HIS OWN BODY, WERE TO BE DESTROYED, IT WOULD BE REBUILT IN THREE DAYS.. SO, OUR LORD WAS ABLE TO SEE INTO THE FUTURE OF GOD'S PLAN. AS I SAY, THAT ISN'T FOR US EXCEPT ON VERY RARE OCCASIONS WHEN GOD HAS USE AND REASON FOR US TO SEE THE FUTURE. " A WORD OF CAUTION!" HERE." THE WORLD DOES NOT RUN BY ACCIDENT, NOR IS LIFE A MATTER OF LUCK.
 IT IS AMAZING HOW SUPERSTITIOUS  AND VOODOO-- LIKE HUMAN NATURE IS. YOU SEE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO ENTER INTO THE PRESENCE OF GOD EVERY DAY? BECAUSE IF YOU ARE WITH HIM ENOUGH, YOU ARE GOING TO BEGIN TO SENSE THE UNFOLDMENT OF HIS MAGNIFICENT PLAN FOR YOU.