From the Rock to Rocket

UV 4222/10000 From the Rock to Rocket “For I know the plans and thoughts that I have for you,” says the Lord, “ plans for peace and well being and not for disaster to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29 v 11 If we rely on God as the Rock foundation of our lives, we will refire like a rocket every time it seems like the end of the road. It is only the end of stage one of our trajectory. Now it is time to revive, refine, recharge and refire. We only need to submit our plans and goals into His capable and trustworthy hands. For as the uni-verse says, He has plans only for our our peace, well being and not to harm us, not to lead us into disaster or failure. We only need to call on Him and He will come to us even as we are praying. We can sense His peace and presence enveloping us with a sublime inexplicable peace. He will listen patiently and carefully to us without uttering a sound or a word. When we come to think of it, God is the best listener one can ever have. It is not as if the Lord has only one plan or goal for us. As long as the plans and goals fit within the overarching purpose of glorifying His name, fulfilling His will, in accordance with His word, He blesses our plans and thoughts so that it fructifies, gets executed successfully, often beyond our best expectations. Only the Lord knows the totality of our circumstances, reality, needs, desires, thoughts. Only He knows the obstacles, barriers, limitations, too. He gives us grace to overcome or handle the latter. Only He knows the future extending into eternity, beyond our lifetime, beyond time and space. Hence, He alone can place the seed of a plan or vision in our hearts and minds and He alone can help us execute it fully and satisfactorily. He literally becomes the Managing Partner of our lives and executes all the plans in all its fine details. He corrects our goals, aims and priorities in the course of our lives. He gives us the energy and enthusiasm to re-start whenever we hit a roadblock or a wall. With every challenge and difficulty, He takes us to the next level. Elsewhere in the book of Jeremiah in Chapter 33 v 3, it says, “ Call to Me and I will show you wonderful things of which you know nothing of.” In other words, the Lord reveals amazing things to us, He does awesome deeds in our lives, miracles of which we, limited humans, have absolutely no clue about. He is full of surprises and reserves exciting prospects for us in the future and in eternity. In return for being our Managing Partner, the Lord expects us only to be full of hope, faith, joy and thanksgiving. This is His ROI or return on investment and we cannot disappoint Him in this.