We Must Choose His Plan
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 14:1-2
1 Corinthians 14:1-2 says, “Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may
prophesy. For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one
understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries.”
God conceived a wonderful plan for every one of us. In His plan, we were predestined to
become His sons and daughters at the Cross.
But one potential obstacle stands between us and God’s perfectly conceived purposes: Using
the free will God has given us, we must choose to walk in the plan He has ordained for our
lives.
God looks for a way to approach each of us in order to present His personal plan for our lives.
He begins with the preaching of the Cross that encourages us to accept Jesus Christ as Savior
and Lord. If we accept Jesus, we take our first step into the plan God predestined for us
before the foundations of the world. But if we reject Him, then like so many before us, we
will live and die without ever taking that first step — salvation — into the divine purpose for
our existence.
Jesus’ words in Matthew 7:13,14, indicate that the majority of people end their lives with one
final journey into a godless eternity without Him. A person can live and die and go to hell
without knowing Jesus or fulfilling God’s plan for his life. However, that doesn’t change the
fact that God had a perfect plan of redemption and purpose for that person; he just never
discovered it.
The Greek word translated “mysteries” is moos-tay-ree-on. When we speak to God we are
praying the mysteries of the alternate, higher reality of the realm of the which includes both
Christlikeness and all the different levels of God’s power. When we are not exactly certain
what a situation demands or what it is going to take to overcome it, praying in the Spirit
brings us face to face with the level of God’s power that is needed! Since there are multiple
levels of God’s power, praying in the Spirit is God’s path to the wisdom necessary to apply
what is specifically needed for every situation we face.
Prayer: Pray for such depths in the spirit that is unspeakable and full of glory in Jesus name.
Grant me facts as strategic instruments to plot the course ahead in this appointed year.