Simply Breathtaking

"We can know that God has a mighty plan and that through His mighty plan God will look breathtaking." ... Jon Lyndon

A one sentence excerpt from Sunday's sermon, but what a loaded statement. It's a nice one to chew on when life seems to be dealing you a hand you would love to dispose of. The first part alone is powerful enough on it's own. "We can know that God has a mighty plan ..." Resting on the knowledge of truth, acknowledging that God has a plan ... not only a plan but a mighty plan. That alone can turn my world on it's axis as I acknowledge that, no, bad stuff doesn't just happen so suck it up, but rather, all things in my life are woven into God's mighty plan. Things do not just happen by chance. Even the seemingly horrible stuff which I can't begin to imagine as part of God's plan, as something He would send my way, is part of His mighty plan. 

Does that get your attention like it got mine? Yes, all the bad stuff is also part of His mighty plan. Now, before you take up stones and come looking for me, allow me a little bit of latitude as I explain. While it may an entirely true and trustworthy statement to say that there are things which occur in my life which God did not design for my life, it is equally true to say that nothing gets through to me without God's permission. What is permitted by God is also used by God to work to good in my life.

The real clincher in that statement, for me, was the last part, "through His mighty plan God will look breathtaking". God is to be glorified, it is His will, it is His desire. When the Almighty desires something, nothing stands in His way. God is going to look breathtaking. That's His plan. My life being part of His plan ensures that what I experience will not rob God of looking breathtaking. Can't get better insurance than that!