Is there room at the Table for…God's Plan?

First week of Advent

November 28, 2005 AM

Pastor Brad Dyrness

Sparks Nazarene Church

 

 

Proverbs 16:1;3

1Mortals make elaborate plans, but God has the last word.

2Humans are satisfied with whatever looks good; God probes for what is good. 

3Put God in charge of your work, then what you’ve planned will take place.

 

When we think about Christmas we can see lots of things we may not have planned.

 

Nearly everything about His plan was flawed and seemingly destined to failure. 

 

Romans 5:6  …Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. NLT

 

Not only the right time but the right way…

 

In all of human History no one had ever fulfilled the prophecies of the Messiah and no one has since. 

 

Jesus, born in a barn, came to save the world, just as the Father planned it.

 

John 3:16-17  16“This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. 17God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. The Message 

 

1.                 God's plan had you in mind!  John 3:16-17

 

2.                 Sometimes God's plan seems unusual or even unreasonable

 

How can I …?

 

God knows what He is doing - the circumstances of your life are not a surprise to Him. 

 

1 Corinthians 1:25 This foolish plan of God is wiser than the wisest of human plans, and God’s weakness is stronger than the greatest of human strength. 

 

 

3.  God's plans are always for you Good!

 

Jer 29:11  11For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

 

Ps 40:5  5    O LORD my God, you have performed many wonders for us. Your plans for us are too numerous to list. You have no equal.

 

Ps 138:8  8    The LORD will work out his plans for my life—  for your faithful love, O LORD, endures forever.  

 

Is there room in your life for God to give you a plan that doesn't seem to make much sense?

 

What is His plans for you?

 

John 3:17  God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again.