Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in your will carry it on to completion. (Philippians 1:6)
Perhaps you are familiar with the phrase “Plan B” as it relates to an alternative plan of action for use if the original plan should go awry. Regardless of where this finds you today, you’re still on God’s “Plan A” because in God’s economy in the life of the believer, there is no such thing as “Plan B.”
When we all look back at our lives, we see a past littered with mistakes and missteps, sins and shortcomings, causing us to fall short of God’s best for our lives. But no matter what we have been through, no matter how bad we may have messed up, God’s original “Plan A” is still in effect. God has not revoked His original plan for our lives. God has not repealed His original goal for our lives. God has not rescinded His original desire for our lives. God is using everything that has happened in our lives to bring us into the fulfillment of His “Plan A” for your life. And what is God’s “Plan A” in the life of every believer? In a word, Christ-likeness.
God has promised to work everything in our lives to accomplish His “Plan A” and conforming us into the image and likeness of His Son. God takes our successes and our failures, our victories and our defeats, and works it all together for our good and His glory, and nothing will keep God from making His “Plan A” come together and be fulfilled. Remember, God is in complete control of all things and is fitting together every decision, both good and bad, to make us more like Jesus. Let that truth set you free to rise above the waves of challenge knowing He who began the good work in you is bringing it to completion, in His time and in His way.
This is the Gospel. This is grace for your race. NEVER FORGET THAT . . . AMEN!
Grace for the Race 