Underestimating God's Plan

I was sitting in bible study about two weeks ago and a question came up that really caused me to think. The question was “How do we respond to what God has declared, promised or fulfilled?” As I sat there it really caused me to think and I began to examine myself. I am always asking God for instruction and wisdom, but when he gives it, do I respond accordingly? If I don’t, then why not? It occurred to me then that perhaps I don’t think what God told me to do is all that important, because if I did my choices would reflect that.

I wonder how many of us have ever underestimated Gods plan for us. How many of us have ever thought that what God told us to do is too insignificant to matter in the big picture? God has a plan for our life that is above and beyond anything that we could have ever imagined. However, for some reason we like to take Gods plan and limit it to what we can comprehend. We take it and make it so much smaller. Maybe it is an assignment that we have been given or perhaps it is our purpose in life and we think that it only affects us. What would have happened if Moses has taken God’s plan and limited it to what he imagined it to be.  What If Moses thought that his obedience to God’s plan wasn’t important because the plan for his life only affected him.  How many Israelites would have remained enslaved? Or how many would have died on shore of the red sea that God used Moses to bring them to?

Moses’ obedience to God’s instruction regarding the plan for his life was imperative. The Israelites depended on him. The same is true of you and the things that God has planned for your life. So often we pray to be used by God. We ask God to give us a word for our life and guidance to make the right decision but what do we do with that? Do we listen and then obey? Or do we think it’s ok if I don’t do exactly what God said. I have told myself that “It’s ok if I don’t write faithfully on the blog as long as I do it occasionally.” However, the reality is it’s not ok. Be faithful in whatever God has told you to do no matter how small. Be faithful in cooking for your family and cleaning your house. Be faithful over that money and be faithful to the business God told you to start even when you don't see the profit. You have no idea how many people are depending on your obedience. You don’t know how many lives will be touched by you fulfilling your purpose. If you knew you would never underestimate God's plan or neglect your assignment.