I Have a Plan

Although God saw the sins of the people he had a plan. He sent me to bring judgment upon the people and to warn them that their sin would lead to destruction. However, God had a plan that their failed repentance would lead to the destruction of Israel. God gave me visions of fire and destruction and God told me that Israel would die by the sword. God knew that the people wouldn’t turn from their wicked ways so he saw destruction in the distance. Although, there would be a whole lot of death and anguish God had a plan to rebuild. After the fall of the Israelite’s God was going to rebuild the city and not so much for the benefit of Israel but more so for Judah. From the start God saw the wickedness in the city but he knew the beauty and re-purpose that would follow. He knew and planned for something good to come out of the bad and that was through reconstruction. I feel like as the city was being desolated God knew and smiled not because the people were crying but because he knew that from this evil would come good. In a very recent case the Notre Dame Building caught fire. Here we see destruction but we can’t see how this is playing out in God’s plan yet. Sometimes with destruction brings beauty. 

“I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.”

Amos 9:14

Here in my poems I express a intensity and evil that comes with the Israelite’s sinful ways. Although, most of my chapters express dark moments there is a glimpse of hope in the last few verses where the Lord will bring about restoration in the darkness. I warned the people of the destruction that their evil ways would bring but they wouldn’t listen. The people struggled to see this plan that the Lord could bring. God gave them the option to turn from their evil ways and focus on giving, being righteous, and a true believer of the Lord but they denied that plan and accepted their evil ways and the one that resulted in their end. It showed that even when the people were being destroyed that God had a plan for how he would bring about happiness. It would be so hard to see how something good would come out of this dark period but God had a plan. This is what the Lord continues to do today. He tells us, the body of Christ and everybody, that he has a plan for us. As a body of Christ and being sinful humans we need to recognize that we aren’t perfect but that the one much higher than us is. We need to recognize that we can try and map out our lives and try to live in our idea of luxury but that at the end of the day we need to ask ourselves if this is how God is wanting us to live. From God’s plan for Israel I think that we should take this as a moment of teaching that when the darkness seems to cover us that the Lord has a plan. God always give us an option to follow him or to try and do life our own way but it’s that choice that determines our success. We should trust and acknowledge that God is higher and that His plan is the best one for us. Through our sinful nature we are quick to take matters into our own hands instead of checking in with God to see if this is the plan he has for us. It’s accepting the plan that God wants for us that will get us places in our lives.