God’s Ways and Plans are Higher than Ours

 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” - Isaiah 55:9

The Psalmist declared in Psalm 139:17-18, “How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand—When I awake, I am still with you.” 

No one can measure how wide and precious your thoughts are,

Not even I,

For I know that those are all countless plans and promises,

Truly, you are God - of everything,

The creator of heavens and the earth,

The Savior of all sinners like me,

The Lord of all the lords,

The King of all the kings,

You move differently and amazes me,

In your ways, I trust,

In your plans, I hope,

In your presence, I lost,

Your thoughts and essential nature are as precious as gems.

Here, I am offering my whole being to You,

For I know that your plans you have for me assures hope and a future,

It was about this time, I know that I belong to You,

As all my weaknesses was turned to strengths through You,

Became powerful by Your grace,

Today, Tomorrow and Forevermore,

For You said, “I am the Alpha and the Omega”,

In You, I trust…

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Sincere Devotion to God

Take note that in John 4:24, it affirms that “God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.” which, “therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.” - Romans 12:1

The true worship of God entails to every child of Him to have no other gods before Him.

Let Him be the center of your plans.

Let Him be the center of your will.

Let Him be the center of your desires.

Let Him be the center of your songs of praise.

Let Him be the center of your worship.

Let Him be the center of your prayers.

Let Him be the center of your life.

Let Him be the center of everything.

And “fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name. Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.” - Deuteronomy 6:13-14

Just know Him by heart and worship Him in Spirit. No more other lords, gods and kings, but only Him alone - your personal Lord and Savior.

For it is noted in Colossians 1:17, “He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.”

Be blessed as Philippians 2:9-11 declares,

9 “Therefore God exalted him to the highest place

and gave him the name that is above every name,

10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,

    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,

    to the glory of God the Father.”

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Think about your Spiritual Life

 

“... who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.” - Romans 8:4

Have you been set free from the past?

Or do you continue to justify your actions and continue dwelling in it? 

Consider this. Spiritual life comes from the Spirit!

Perhaps, your experiences back then bring more hurt and pain than inspiration. The echoes of your past cursed, mocked, and disregarded you. Those are all voices that really haunt you and tell you how life is. Now, you initially believed that it was all normal, the bad and painful memories that you’ve been through. And now you are trying to suit yourself by explaining that it was typical over and again.

Haven’t you moved on from it and decided to restart your life?

Take this, now, you do not live following your sinful self but you should and must live following the leading of the Spirit. Entailing that you have to move forward and leave the past behind.

For Isaiah 43:18-19 says,

18  “Forget the former things;

    do not dwell on the past.

19 See, I am doing a new thing!

    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?

I am making a way in the wilderness

    and streams in the wasteland.”

Now is the time and do know at all times in this verse, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” - 2 Corinthians 5:17

Know by heart to follow the Holy Spirit from God forever.

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