When I think about the dreams I had for my life before I was born again—dreams I once considered big and exciting—I almost have to laugh. They didn’t hold a candle to what God had in mind for me. The things He’s done in my life have been exceedingly above what I could have asked or imagined.
What’s more, He’s not finished! Even after all these years, He still has great things in store for me.
The same is true for you!
“Well, I don’t know about that,” someone might say. “I’ve been born again a long time now and if God has a great plan for me I certainly haven’t found it.”
Then maybe you need to make sure you’re really seeking it, because, according to the Scriptures, seeking is what opens the door to God’s plan for your life. He won’t force it on you. You have to go after the plan by going after Him.
Jesus said it this way in Matthew 6:33: “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Here’s how that verse reads in The Amplified Bible: “Seek (aim at and strive after) first of all…(His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides.”
Seek means “to go after with intensity, to pursue, diligently inquire, require or search for something.” It denotes a sense of urgency, intense interest in, care for and desire for that which is being sought.
A good illustration of seeking is what I do when I need to go somewhere and I can’t find my car keys. Over the years, that’s happened often at our house. Not to Ken, of course. He has a certain place he always keeps his keys, so he hardly ever loses them. (When he does, it’s a big deal!)
I, on the other hand, am pretty much the exact opposite. I often neglect to put things in the right place. Although Ken has tried to help me—if he’s said it once, he’s said it too often! “Gloria, if you’d just put your keys where they belong you wouldn’t lose them.” His reminders haven’t done much good. Sometimes my keys still go missing.
When they do, I seek them! I don’t just casually glance around for them. I don’t look for them for a while and then get bored and give up. Or shrug my shoulders and say, “This is too hard. I think I’ll just stop driving and stay home from now on.”
No, I practically turn the house upside down searching for my keys. I stick with it until I find them. Why? Because I know I can’t go anywhere without them!
BVOV : 27
