His Purpose Will Stand!

I want to thank you for the outpouring of support that I received from my post yesterday.  It refreshed my soul to be reminded that there are others who are seeing the need for Christians to return to following Him each and every day.

In my reading today I came across Proverbs 19:21 (ESV).  It says, “Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.”  I felt like standing up and cheering as I read these words!  The disturbing things that we are seeing today are the plans of men and women who have a very deep void in their life and they are trying to fill that hole with worldly things.  Many of their plans are meant to destroy Christianity and the Biblical principles that have been set before us.  But we know that no matter what plans are devised to bring destruction, IT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE LORD THAT WILL STAND!!

Our job then is to make sure that the void in our life is completely

filled with God.  The world is watching us and if our life doesn’t demonstrate the hope we have in Him, why would they want what we have?  Romans 15:13 tells us, “I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.”  Only when we are filled to the brim and overflowing with His Spirit will we be able to keep our focus on Him and our feet firmly planted in His Word.  Only then will others see His image reflected in us.

If you feel like you are getting sucked into the world with all of it’s destruction… and joy and peace can’t be found…check to see what or whom is filling the void in your life.  No matter what else you try to cram into the empty hole of despair, it will fall short of giving you hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.  He alone is worthy of our devotion and we have the assurance that His purpose will stand!