The Great Exchange: Trading Our Plan for God’s Plan
Scripture: Luke 17:1-4
Luke 17:1-4 says, “Then He said to the disciples, ‘It is impossible that no offenses should
come, but woe to him through whom they do come! It would be better for him if a millstone
were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one
of these little ones. Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and
if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in
a day returns to you, saying, “I repent,” you shall forgive him.’” When do we forgive sin and
when do we retain it? Luke 17 tells us. When we confront a brother concerning his sin if he
repents, we forgive him. If he does not repent, we retain the sin and go to the next level. The
next level we find in Matthew 18 which is to take another brother and both go together and
confront together. If the brother still does not repent we retain the sin and we tell it to the
church. Then the church begins to deal with him. God gave us His Spirit in order to navigate
the impossible places of relationship and the impossible places in life where we just do not
know what to do. Those are the places we need wisdom beyond human reasoning. All the
levels of power are accessible through tongues.
There is a supernatural exchange that takes place as we pray in other tongues. Look
at what Romans 8:27,28 says: And he [the Holy Spirit] that searcheth the hearts
knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints
according to the will of God. And we know that all things work together for good to
them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. What does it
mean, “he that searcheth the hearts”? It means that the Holy Spirit continually
searches your heart with the intention of removing everything that is contrary to the
will of God, your Father the Planner. Then the Holy Spirit replaces it with the plan
He heard for your personal life before the beginning of time when God formulated His
plan for you. He prays the perfect plan of God into your spirit so you not only know
what you are called to do but how to fulfill that call in the perfect timing, will, and power of God. God trades your natural plans and ideas for His through the supernatural medium of exchange, tongues for personal edification.
Prayer to KNOW
You can know beyond a shadow of a doubt that as you yield to that divine
exchange, all things will indeed work together for good for you, because you
love God and are called according to His purpose.