God's Plan for Your Life

Jay Forrest
"I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go: I will guide you with my eye" (Psalm 32:8).
I'm afraid that most people have been told a lie. God's plan is not to make you happy and healthy. God's plan is to test you and form you into the image of Christ.

God's plan is to give you the tools and then let you learn to apply them yourself. These tools include a Divine purpose, Divine principles, and a Divine prototype.

I might stop to emphasize this again. God's plan is not a ready-made path. God wants you to make your own path. God wants you to walk your own way. God wants you to live your life according to his principles.

Many people mistakenly think God has a ready-made plan for them. And all they need to do is discover that plan, and walk that path. That is false.

God wants you to take his Divine purpose, his Divine principles and his Divine prototype and apply those to your life. He wants you to learn to live godly. He wants you to learn for yourself how to be Christ-like in difficult circumstances. There are no cookie cutter plans.

God's purpose is love. He wants you to choose what is the highest good of God and humankind. He wants that to be your ultimate purpose. Love should be the motivation behind all our thoughts, words, and deeds

Ponder for a moment the last part of the above verse, "I will guide you with my eye." Do you understand what it means? It means pay attention to what God is paying attention to. See God's purpose, and you'll know yours.

The Divine principles are laid out in the scriptures. These are the general principles of how to live a life that is good, holy, and loving towards all. It is the how of love.

And the vine prototype is Jesus Christ. He lived the perfect life. It is his example, his model, that we follow. We aim to live a Christ like life. We continually ask the question, "What would Jesus do?"

The spiritual path is made by walking it. We don't download a Divine plan and follow it, we struggle every step of the way to live our utmost for His highest.

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Dr. Jay Forrest is an Christian Philosopher and independent researcher who holds a doctorate of ministry. Dr. Forrest specializes in Buddhism, Gnosticism, and Christian mysticism. He is the author of The Deeper Life: Finding God on the Mystic Path.

Dr. Forrest is both interfaith and non-denominational, having ministered in Baptist, Methodist, Charismatic, Catholic, and Anglican churches throughout the United States. He has been ordained for over three decades. He is certified to teach insight meditation.

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