Have you ever planned something in your life and found out that things did not work out the way you expected it to?
This is a very frustrating place to be in when our plans get messed up.
The Bible has a wonderful story to illustrate this situation and provide a beautiful answer to it.
Lazarus and his sisters Mary and Martha were close friends of Jesus. Lazarus fell sick so his sisters sent out a message to Jesus informing him of the illness (Lazarus lived in Bethany and Jesus was not there at that time)
When Jesus heard about this, he stayed where he was for two more days, after which he decided to go to Bethany.
When he arrived, Jesus found out that Lazarus was already dead for four days. Martha, told Jesus that if he had been there, her brother would not have died.
But Jesus later did something that was totally beyond anyone’s thinking. HE raised Lazarus from the dead!
- Trust in God.
When faced with a difficult situation, always trust God. Place your concerns before God and he will take care of it.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. (Proverbs 3:5-6)
- God’s plan for our life will definitely be the best for our life.
Remember Martha said that if Jesus was there, Lazarus would not have died. (John 11:21)
Her plan was that Lazarus will be healed. But God had something better planned than what she could even think of. He decided to raise Lazarus from the dead.
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)
- God is glorified through his work
When we pray and trust in God, he works in amazing ways, through which he is glorified.
It is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it (John 11:4)
The next time your plan does not work out, be thankful and trust in God as God has something better in store for you than what you could ever imagine!