Showing posts with label reward. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reward. Show all posts

Friday, 25 April 2025

The Enemy has a Plot but God has a Plan

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“Satan, the enemy of God’s plans, will do all he can to prevent you from following your God-given purpose. Nonetheless, in the end, God will make sure that what needs to happen will happen.”

2 Chronicles 15:7 (NIV)
But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.

I recently endured an attack on my calling and ministry that left me reeling. It had great potential to derail me from the plans of God for my life. This attack affected my marriage, my finances as well as my career. Until that point in my life, I was enjoying a stable occupation and a rewarding ministry. Then, in one foul sweep, all the wheels came off. I was emotionally threadbare and disillusioned with my call to ministry. The enemy had a plot to derail me but God had a plan to keep me on track.

The scripture makes it plain; you and I have all been called according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will. God has a plan for you. His plan is to use you to interact, impact and influence people to find purpose in the plans of God. God has a plan for every person on earth to come to the knowledge of his overflowing grace by accepting Jesus Christ as Lord. Sadly, however, many will reject God’s message of grace. Only he knows who will respond to his call to salvation but we do not know who will respond. Therefore, it is God’s plan for you and me to be willing to give an answer to everyone who asks about the reason for the hope that is in us. However, Satan, the enemy of God’s plans, will do all he can to prevent you from following your God-given purpose. Nonetheless, in the end, God will make sure that what needs to happen will happen. So, be strong and courageous, your work will be rewarded.

By the grace of God, I kept my eyes on Jesus, when things began to unravel in my life and work. Since then, by the grace of God, he has opened the door for me to touch tens, no, hundreds of thousands of more lives through my work in Christian radio. The enemy had a plot to derail me but God had a plan to keep me on track.

God-tracking is being strong and not giving up.

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Ephesians 1:11
1 Peter 3:15
Joshua 1:9
Hebrews 12:2

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Don’t Give Up, Look Up & Pray

“Dear Lord, I will be strong and not give up, for you will reward the  work of my hands.”

“O Lord, I’m so disillusioned with what has happened recently. It seems the enemy has crept in and pulled the rug from under my feet. And yet, O Lord God, I know that my life is in you. You have a plan and purpose for me to impact many lives for the sake of the gospel. You have a plan and purpose for me to care for the needy and help the destitute. So, I stand strong, not in my own strength, but in the strength of your purposes and plans for my life. Dear Lord, I will be strong and not give up, for you will reward the  work of my hands. Amen.”

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Friday, 5 March 2021

FROM DESPAIR TO CHEER

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“He plans to build you up, turn your mourning into joy and reward the work of your hands. Just place your hope for the future in his hands.”

Psalm 90:17
Let the favour of the Lord our God be upon us and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands.

When I sat down to have my morning devotions yesterday, I was feeling not a little despondent. I’ve recently endured some life-changing events in my work and ministry that have left me feeling demotivated. “Why the changes, Lord,” I prayed. “I’m very grateful for all you have given me and the great opportunities I have for ministry, but sometimes I feel there is no fruit to what I do.” Have you ever felt that way, like you’re slogging away at life, burning the candle at both ends only to go to bed at night feeling unrewarded? That’s how I felt when I prayed.

After complaining to God, I turned to the scriptures for my daily reading. I was reading from Jeremiah. Jeremiah 29:11 is one of my life verses. It reminds us that God knows the plans he has for us, plans for welfare, prosperity and peace; to give is a hope and a future. I was reading in chapter 31 yesterday. My eyes fell on the words, “I have loved you with an everlasting love… I will build you, and you shall be built… I will turn their mourning into joy… for there is a reward for your work…” and “there is hope for your future, declares the Lord.”

The Lord does have a plan for you, a plan for a blessed and successful future. Though you may feel despondent and demotivated at times, he never does. God has confidence in his plans for you. He has loved you with an everlasting love. His plans are to build you up, turn your mourning into joy and reward the work of your hands. Just place your hope for the future in his hands. Don’t give up, look up and fix your eyes on Jesus, the author of your life.

I thank the Lord that he lifted my spirits and restored my optimism as I prayed. When I read these words, he turned my despair into cheer.

God-tracking is placing your hope in the rewards of God.

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DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

Thank you that you build me up, turn my mourning into joy and reward my work

“Dear Father, forgive me for taking my eyes off Jesus. Forgive me for allowing despair to creep in like gangrene, rotting my motivation. I choose now to not give up but to look up and fix my mind on your love, your peace and your eternal purposes for me. Thank you that you have an enduring plan for my life. Thank you that you are my exceeding great reward. Thank you that you build me up, turn my mourning into joy and reward my work. Thank you that you have turned my despair into cheer. Amen!”

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GodTracker is a weekly e-mail devotional, written by Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith.

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