PLAN – PURPOSE – PURSUIT: LIFE IS SIMPLE – ONLY WHEN YOU PURSUE A PURPOSEFUL PLAN!
“And we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] causes ALL THINGS TO WORK TOGETHER [as a plan] for GOOD for those who LOVE God, to those who are CALLED according to His PLAN and PURPOSE” Romans 8:28/Amplified.
“The ENTRANCE of thy words GIVETH light [illumination, enlightenment]; It giveth UNDERSTANDING unto the SIMPLE” Psalms 119:130.
Do you want to pursue something in life without sweat and effortless in the grace? Do you have a plan to go about it? Do you have a purpose that’s embedded by the word of God concerning your plan that will need your pursuit? I am asking you these questions because I know how much, many wants to be a winner otherwise successful in their life endeavours but without acts of process to get there and become it. I have seen over my life time and still counting, the craziness and drive of many wanting to be something which it’s actually possible under God by the reason of our redemption, but they don’t want to go through the PROCESS [PLAN, PURPOSE AND PURSUIT] to become the MASTERY of their earnest desires. And unfortunately, to many of them, they end up crashing while those that survived, compromised their faith for their temporary success that’s without meaningful fulfilment.
“The PLANS and REFLECTIONS [PREPARATIONS] of the heart belong to man, But the [wise] answer of the tongue is from the Lord . . . [3] Commit your WORKS to the Lord [submit and trust them to Him], And your PLANS will SUCCEED [if you respond to His will and guidance]. [4] The Lord has made everything for its own PURPOSE, Even the wicked [according to their role] for the day of evil . . . [9] A man’s mind PLANS his way [as he journeys through life], But the Lord directs his steps and ESTABLISHES them” Proverbs 16:1-9/Amplified.
“The STEPS [PATHS] of a good man are ORDERED by the LORD: And he delighteth in his way” Psalms 37:23.
“Man’s STEPS [GOINGS] are ORDERED and ORDAINED by the Lord. How then can a man [fully] UNDERSTAND his way? [25] It is a trap for a man to [speak a vow of consecration and] say rashly, “It is holy!” And [not until] afterward consider [whether he can FULFILL it]” Proverbs 20:24-25/Amplified.
“O Lord, I know that the PATH of [life of] a man is not in himself; It is not within [the limited ability of] man [even one at his best] to choose and direct his steps [in life]” Jeremiah 10:23/Amplified.
God earnest desires for you, is not just to prosper you but for you to have a good success. Just think about that for a moment. And He’s God, the one that has created you, and He’s the one that had ordered and has ordained the paths and ways of man. He wants you to prosper, to be in health, as your soul prospers, but through the path He had set for you. In the kingdom, there’s a process to achieving good success with God. It’s not just about our willingness to winning in life and godliness in the grace, but about being fulfilled in God through Christ Jesus, purposefully and meaningfully. You will discover that in the grace, life is so much simplified when we have a set process to make our earnest desires to become the reality that’s scriptural set for us.
“This book of the law shall not depart out of thy MOUTH; but thou shalt MEDITATE therein day and night, that thou mayest OBSERVE to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way PROSPEROUS, and then thou shalt have GOOD SUCCESS” Joshua 1:8.
“Beloved, I pray that in every way you may SUCCEED and PROSPER and be in GOOD HEALTH [PHYSICALLY], just as [I know] your soul PROSPERS [SPIRITUALLY]” 3 John 1:2/Amplified.
Every genuine believing born of God child in Christ Jesus must know that whatever have NO PROCESS to mastery is a scam and a fraud. God does miracles, but miracles of God are the consequences of His WORD, and are not by wishy-washy dreaming or by magical or sorcery or divining spells, to make it happen overnight, and it’s neither by adulteration and distortion of any form. MASTERY comes through a process – a set plan, purpose and pursuits that creates, innovates, explore, initiates and such like.
“Do you not know that in a RACE all the RUNNERS run [their very BEST TO WIN], but only one RECEIVES the prize? Run [your race] in such a way that you may seize the prize and make it yours! [25] Now every athlete who [goes into training and] COMPETES in the games is DISCIPLINED and EXERCISES SELF-CONTROL in all things. They do it to WIN a CROWN that withers, but we [do it to receive] an imperishable [crown that cannot wither]. [26] Therefore I do not run without a definite goal; I do not flail around like one beating the air [just shadow boxing]. [27] But [like a boxer] I STRICTLY DISCIPLINE MY BODY and make it my slave, so that, after I have PREACHED [the gospel] to others, I myself will not somehow be DISQUALIFIED [as UNFIT for service]” 1 Corinthians 9:24-27/Amplified.
The victory to overcome the world’s system of dealings is by Faith. Faith is by the WORD of God. And God’s word is operative by a process that’s built on principles and not by a wishy-washy act of scam and fraud to make it great. And the principles of God embodied His plans, purpose and pursuits for His children. God’s plan is to see you have a hope and a future but within His purpose for the individual and for the collective body in the grace. And God’s word is the source and resource for His plan and purpose to become a reality in pursuit. And by Faith the word becomes operative to overcome the world and its system of operandi.
“For I know the PLANS and THOUGHTS that I have for you,’ says the Lord, ‘PLANS for peace and WELL-BEING and not for disaster, to give you a FUTURE and a HOPE” Jeremiah 29:11/Amplified.
“For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the VICTORY that overcometh the world, even our FAITH. [5] Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?” 1 John 5:4-5.
In the kingdom, it’s not about the ends that justify the means, but it’s rather the means that justify the ends, this thus means the process determines the effect in the now and for all eternity. Knowing the essence of the life that we have now and the life to come in the grace, we can therefore endeavour [make effort] in all our delights to ensure and be assured that God’s purpose is never undermined in the grace. Hence, when we ensure the need to till to become, that’s to cultivate by the process to earn our earnest desires, we will also get the satisfaction, the meaningful and purposeful fulfilment in our goings and doings.
“He that TILLETH [CULTIVATED] his land shall be SATISFIED with bread: But he that FOLLOWETH VAIN persons is VOID of understanding” Proverbs 12:11.
“He that TILLETH [CULTIVATED] his land shall have PLENTY of bread: But he that FOLLOWETH after VAIN persons shall have POVERTY enough. [21] To have respect of persons is not good: For for a PIECE of bread that man will TRANSGRESS. [22] He that HASTETH to be rich hath an EVIL eye, And considereth not that poverty shall come upon him” Proverbs 28:19-22.
So, if you desire to win, succeed, prosper, be more than conqueror, be an overcomer and such like, the only likelihood is by the Kingdom process, know today that it’s by the principles of God’s Word and not by a set methods of wishy-washy or by doctrinal liabilities, or by denomination creeds. It’s the word that’s the essence to having a principle and a good purpose to become what you want to be accordingly.
And it’s by the PLAN – PURPOSE – PURSUIT that makes LIFE SIMPLE, WHEN YOU PURSUE A PURPOSEFUL PLAN in God’s ORDAINED and ORDERED path to bring you to the place of His FULNESS. Let God order your path today. Give Him the opportunity in your life. Enough of the haste, scam and fraud lifestyle as path to become or have something that’s temporary instead of God’s gracious opportunity that has both present and eternal effect in you through processing you along to the expected ends.
“But the PATH of the JUST [RIGHTEOUS] is as the shining light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day” Proverbs 4:18.
“Thou wilt shew me the PATH of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” Psalms 16:11.
“Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that BELIEVETH SHALL NOT MAKE HASTE” Isaiah 28:16.
You are born to WIN, but to be a WINNER, you have to PLAN to WIN, you have to be PREPARED [PROCESS] to WIN, and you have to EXPECT to WIN, in purpose and pursuit. THINK!
I pray that you go forth in the process and processing of God’s plan, purpose, and pursuit, becoming all that God has planned for you, and achieving all things together in the grace of our Lord Christ Jesus stead. Amen.
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
“The PLANS and REFLECTIONS of the heart belong to man, But the [wise] answer of the tongue is from the Lord . . . 3 COMMIT your works to the Lord [submit and trust them to Him], And your PLANS will succeed [if you respond to His will and guidance] . . . 7 When a man’s WAYS please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him . . . 9 A man’s mind PLANS his way [as he journeys through life], But the Lord DIRECTS his STEPS and ESTABLISHES them” Proverbs 16:1, 3, 7, 9/Amplified.
“For I know the PLANS and THOUGHTS that I have for you,’ says the Lord, ‘PLANS for peace and well-being and not for disaster, to give you a FUTURE and a HOPE” Jeremiah 29:11/Amplified.
“And we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] causes all things to work together [as a plan] for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to His PLAN and PURPOSE” Romans 8:28/Amplified.
“. . . 11 In Him also we have received an inheritance [a destiny—we were claimed by God as His own], having been predestined (chosen, appointed beforehand) according to the PURPOSE of Him who works everything in agreement with the counsel and design of His will, 12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ [who first put our confidence in Him as our Lord and Savior] would exist to the praise of His glory” Ephesians 1:3-12/Amplified.
“He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this PURPOSE the Son of God was manifested, that he might DESTROY the works of the devil” 1 John 3:8.
“Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this END was I born, and for this CAUSE came I into the world, that I should bear WITNESS unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice” John 18:37.
REV. CHUKIE MORSI