How To Protect God's Plan For Us

It’s His love that makes us pliable, like a piece of clay in His hands. And the more pliable we become―that is, the more obedient we become to the Holy Spirit―the more we will experience God’s presence in our life.

In 1 Samuel 10, Saul is handpicked to be the first king of Israel. In verses 6-7, the prophet Samuel actually tells him, "The Spirit of the Lord will come upon you mightily, and you will show yourself to be a prophet with them; and you will be turned into another man. When these signs meet you, do whatever you find to be done, for God is with you."

What Samuel was saying is, Look, God has anointed you to be king and He’s with you. So you can be confident in doing whatever you think is right for the people.

What does that mean for you and me? It means we don’t have to have a word from God for every move we make. If God is with us, we can know in our heart what’s right and wrong and we can be secure in the decisions we make.

However, when God gives us a specific word or assignment, it’s in our best interest to obey Him exactly.

Let’s take a look at what happened with Saul.

When God Has A Plan…

In 1 Samuel 13, Saul goes to Gilgal to make a burnt offering to the Lord, with one very specific instruction from Samuel: "Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you shall do."

Well, Saul waited the seven days. But when it looked like Samuel wasn’t coming back and the people started to scatter, Saul went ahead and made a burnt offering himself. And as soon as he finished, Samuel arrived.

It was a test. And Saul didn’t pass. In fact, God told Saul, I would have established your kingdom forever, but now I’m putting David in charge (see 1 Samuel 13:13-14).

Can you imagine how bad Saul felt? God had an amazing plan for his life and because he didn’t wait a little while longer for Samuel to arrive, he missed out on an incredible promise that could have been passed to his family forever. Although God’s love for Saul never changed, Saul’s future changed because of the choices he made.

God knows none of us are perfect. But if every day, to the best of our ability, we’re allowing the Spirit of Truth to keep us on the narrow path, we will receive all the blessings God has planned for us.

Credit: KJV - Joyce Meyer - HS -TM