The Pillars of Faith in God 2

The Pillars of Faith in God 2

Earlier on, we saw how God is love, in our quest to identify the pillars of our Faith in God. God's love for us is key to being able to believe, trust and rely on Him for what He can do for us even if impossible to man.

In that same stride, we can deduce what the second pillar is. One question that can help us understand that is, why did God decide to save mankind after the fall at Eden? According to the accord, the rule was that the day man ate the fruit, he would surely die. There was no option for his resurrection in the original deal. But we see that God introduced a continuation of the story in Genesis 3:15 giving man hope that a certain seed of the woman will bruise the head of the serpent as the serpent bruises his heel. Now that wasn't part of the original deal!

The love of God for man had introduced a plan of redemption and reconciliation. The love of God wouldn't leave man in that deplorable state without an intervention plan.

The second pillar of Faith is in God's plan and His will for you and I. Everyone who believes in God is limited by his or her perspective of God's will for him or her. Man loves to see God's will as ambiguous. Something you can't count on. To many it is something that will often not have respect for your own desires, mostly something often directly contradictory to your well being and so can't be trusted.

But when we realize that God's will is a result of God's eternal and unconditional love for us then we can begin to have a spiritual understanding of God's will.

The will of God being His eternal decisions concerning a people, a person, a place and a period of time came to necessity by the motivation of His love. It was His love that constrained Him beyond His being Judge to offer man a lifeline of mercy and grace through Christ Jesus for man's salvation.

His will for us is guarded by love. Love thinks no evil. Love works no evil to his neighbor. Romans 13:10, 1Corinthians 13:5.

The purpose of God is as a result of God's love. His plans are to our ultimate benefits. Evil isn't part of His plan for us. His plan is to save us to whatever extent on the word. Hebrews 7:15.

Some believe that whatever happens is God's plan. Nothing can be further from the truth. It is one of the lies of Satan to cover up his acts by discrediting God. If it is evil, it's not God. Satan is the thief who come to steal, kill and to destroy John 10:10, Jesus is the revelation of God's will and word to give life abundantly and restore all the devil has stolen. That's the will of God.

It's not only God who has the capacity to make a will or a decision. Man has the capacity so also is the devil. It's not only the will of God that can come to pass in a person's life, Satan's plan is possible, the person's personal plan is possible and other people's plans are also possible depending on the person's choice. But God's will and plan is the original manufacturer's plan that informed the creation and the existence of the person with all his potentials and biodata.

Yet God's will isn't automatic because of our right to choose. That's why Jesus Christ taught us to pray that His will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
It is interesting and also instructive to know that even Jesus Christ who is one with God was tempted at Gethsemane to abandon God's will in the face of taking upon Him the sin of the whole world.

God's will may take us through the wilderness, through pains, betrayers, sufferings of all kinds due to satanic oppositions and temptations but eventually it'll eventually be conformed to express it's nature of love.
It'll eventually bring forth the glory and the beauty of God.

God's will is His pleasure. It is what pleases His love nature. It is the child of His eternal love that seeks the best for those who receive it.

Jesus Christ is the expression of His love and passion. He is the expression of His will. He is the example of who He planned for us to be. If you want to know God's will for your life, look at Jesus Christ. That's God's plan for you except that your own purpose isn't do die for mankind again.

[My Offline Bible] Romans 8
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

Jesus Christ is our destiny. That's the plan and the predestination of God for us. God's will is all Jesus Christ demonstrated with His power in the gospels. It is all He taught as doctrine. God's will is all He purchased for us on the cross of Calvary. God's will is our forgiveness, redemption, salvation, holiness, healing, prosperity, peace, longevity, victory, favor and everything we are offered by God's love on the cross. He exchanged His to purchase ours because He loves us!

We are His handiwork created for good works already planned and prepared.
[My Offline Bible] Ephesians 2
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

And what God has as plan for us is beyond our comprehension.

[My Offline Bible] 1 Corinthians 2
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

There is a predestination, there is a plan and there is a preparation of God born out of His passion for you already demonstrated in Christ Jesus to fulfill His good purpose in you.

So in whatever we may be going through, our knowledge and understanding of God's will and plan towards a good and glorious ending is the anchor of our Faith.

Keep it in mind that God has a plan for your life and that plan is to give you a hope and a future towards an expected end. His plan doesn't end in disaster and destruction. It is a superior plan to your own plan and whatever your own plan may have caused and cost you, His own plan will save and restore.

[My Offline Bible] Jeremiah 29
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

[My Offline Bible] Isaiah 55
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

God's plans are higher than whatever thoughts you or any man may have for you. Whatever Satan or evil men may have as plan can't stand the plan of God. Whatever you may be going through will bow to the plan of God for your life!

Do you believe in God's plan and will for you? Do you believe in God's destiny for you in spite of your present experiences? It'll help strengthen your faith in God!

Watch out for the next Pillar of our Faith in God.

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