How far in advance do you plan? Do you plan a vacation several months in advance? Do you make hotel reservations a year in advance? Do you make dinner reservations weeks in advance? Have you planned your next trip, holiday festivities, or even your next haircut?
I used to plan several weeks and months ahead. Some of that was due to not having the internet and a cell phone. That may sound strange but having them at my fingertips allows me to do things quickly. There is no longer a need to send a letter in the mail and wait for an answer.
As I observe people today, I see the same phenomenon all around. Many people are making last minute decisions. It is rare to hear someone speak of plans for several months out, let alone someone having a five- or ten-year plan. Sure, there certain things planned, such as weddings and vacations, a year or more out. But I often have people approach me wanting to schedule my time on the same day and hear people being upset that they can’t get in to see a doctor on the same day.
God plans centuries ahead. He spoke through the prophet Jeremiah approximately six-hundred years before Jesus came to earth promising he was going to make a new covenant. Not only was the prophecy about Jesus coming to make the new covenant but it also pointing to eternity. God states we will know him, meaning not just know about him but know him fully.
I pray we all understand that God has planned the future. I pray we trust God’s plan is good. I pray each one of us know God forgives us of our sins and increase our love for him because of it. God has planned the future. God’s plan is good. Your sins are forgiven. Love God for his amazing grace.
Jeremiah 31:33-34 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. No longer shall they teach one another or say to each other, “Know the Lord,” for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord, for I will forgive their iniquity and remember their sin no more.
Marty Pressey 