God's Plan

God did not create us to be defeated, discouraged, and frustrated, wandering through life without joy, peace, and contentment. God’s plan for our lives never includes downtime or valleys…..we bring these on ourselves. God’s plan is for us to soar from victory to victory regardless of our circumstances. Acts 16:22-25 tells of Paul and Silas being beaten and thrown into prison with their feet in stocks, there they rejoiced and sang praises to God. If Paul and Silas can have victory in beatings and stocks and prison, we should be able to experience our disappointments without losing our joy. The Bible teaches us that, “…..in all things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us” (Romans 8:37); and “…..we know that all things work together for good to them that love God……” (Romans 8:28).