Monday Morning Commentary

This weekend we continued our series, Grapes a Giants.  A series connecting the promises of God in Ephesians and the promised land in Old testament.

This message was entitled, Purpose: the Prequel to Power.  It was based around the fact that God has made the promise and given the blessings but I must take possession.

My husband somehow managed to pack so much theology into one message.  I cannot even begin to summarize the whole thing. 

My favorite part was the first point:
    Before God made the world, He made a plan     for me.

He used this illustration... before the first scene of a movie is shot, the script is complete.  I loved the thought that before I was even born on this earth, God had a complete plan for me.  This is such a basic concept.  I think I learned it in kindergarten Sunday school.  But for some reason, it made more sense to me this week.

It is more than just knowing that God created me and has a great plan for my life.  It's falling back on that when something within that plan happens that I do not understand.  Am I saying that God plans for evil to happen to me?  No.  But I am saying that anything that happens in my life, good or evil, God has a plan for it.  That thought comforts me.

Sometimes I get this overwhelming fear when I wonder tragedy I will encounter in my future (just being honest here).  What if something happens to my husband?  What if one of my kids got really sick?  What if, what if, what if.

The answer is to my what if is God knows.  I know that seems overly simple.  I am not saying it will be easy.  But the fact is, before God made the world, He made a plan for me.  And that is comforting.

I did not even scratch the surface of this message.  You should listen to it.  Here or here.

Have a great Monday, it's almost over now!

Comments

[Janet Guertin]

Alicia's comments were exactly my convictions this week. Thanks for articulating: I just need to be who He has called me to be!!

[Alicia]

I walked away from this message with a full page of notes and will probably need to watch it again to fully absorb it. The part that spoke to me the most was part of the second point. "Before Paul gets to any practical instructions, he wants me to know who I am. NOT what does God want me to do, but what does God want me to be."
I am at a point where I have struggled with worrying about the next step. God spoke straight into my heart that I don't need to worry about it. I just need to be who He has called me to be.
It was a great message and I am excited about the rest of the series.