What Is God’s Plan For My Life?

This is probably the most-asked question I have heard from people, particularly Christians. We search for it, knowing that once we have found the answer, we have found our purpose for being born. For most of us, the question of finding God’s plan for our life can be rephrased to sound something like, “Okay God, I have my plans for my education, my occupation, the kind of person I want for a spouse and how many kids I am going to have. How do You fit into all of this to give my plans deeper meaning?”

I have to admit that not long ago, the life and career that I had planned came to a screeching halt. I have been down many streets on this detour. Just when I thought I knew where God was leading, I found myself on a dead end road. Recently, I literally cried out to God. Frustrated and exhausted, I was asking Him if He would please show me His will for my life. I got the answer quickly. It was not at all what I wanted to hear, but His answers are always what I need to hear. The first scripture that filled my mind was this: “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.” (Galations 2:20 (ESV))

As part of my salvation and commitment to Him, I had to die. Many other scriptures began coming to mind about how I had been bought with a price, and how I am to willingly die daily in order to follow Christ. As those passages came to me, I realized that God was reminding me that my life was the part of the question that I was misinterpreting.

I could just imagine Him saying, “Wait just a minute David, you gave Me your life when I found you. Your life is no longer yours to plan.”  That was not what the guy that has always had a plan wanted to hear, so I took my life out of the question. I simply asked God to show me His will and I would follow anywhere He leads.

After what seemed like a long time of getting no answers concerning my life, I have started hearing answers concerning His will. I’ll be honest, there are places where His will takes me that I would have never gone by my own choosing, but I also realize that if I’m not willing to go there, I’m not really following Him.

By David Staton

First published by SGN Scoops in August 2015.

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