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"God has great and mighty things planned for
your life."
"God has laid out His purpose for you since
before you were born."
We have heard statements like these
since the day we were born again, and they
are true. God's Word backs them up. How
wonderful it is to know God has a plan for
each of us, a good plan to give us a good
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future (Jeremiah 29:11).
He will fulfi ll His plans for you and me. But how
disappointing it would be to miss any of the details
along the way.
Missing a Step
The plans He has for us work out step by step—
obeying Him in the little things leads us right up
to the big things. Now, we may miss a step from
time to time. We may disobey something
He tells us, then look back later and say,
"If only I had…."
Sometimes the result of missing
a step or disobeying may seem
insignifi cant. But I am convinced there
is no insignifi cant disobedience. We
"When we
'wake up' and
realize diligent
obedience to our
heavenly Father is
'the way to go,' life
becomes a blessed
adventure."
The High
Price of
Disobedience
