Today's heading is the title of a well-known song by "The Byrds"
"To everything, turn, turn, turn.
There is a season, turn, turn,turn.
And a time to every purpose under heaven" (Ecclesiastes 3 – suggested reading)
God's timing is perfect and he has a plan for each one of us to fulfil his purpose for our lives. For years I was guilty of rebelling against God, questioning Him or going ahead without Him and His advice. I was a fool returning to her folly, yet even then God with his amazing grace had a greater plan, he has one for us all.
In his 20's my husband no longer wanted to work for 'man', he prayed for the Lord to use him. God answered his prayers telling him to go and work on a ship and he spent time on the "Anastasis", one of the Mercy Ships, his passion was for mission and his adventure had begun. He did not want to return, however God told him to go back to the UK and find a wife - only then was he to return to the mission field. Twenty years later Chris and I were married (God's humour!) we went on our first mission trip as man and wife this Easter, it is just the beginning of our God-given adventure.
God has a plan for your life but you must be ready and willing to act according to His will and His timing, I am by no means suggesting that we all go to paddle up the Amazon, we all have our unique place and purpose for the Lord. You may be struggling through hard times, you may be overcome with fear or uncertainty. You may have even prayed hard and held on for so long that you're beginning to think things will always be this way. Don't give up. Your struggles will not be wasted - they may even be necessary to bring about God's purposes. I am forever encouraged that God uses the most unlikely people for his glory.
We all make dreams and plans for the future but are they God-given or man-given? To make the most of our life they must be God's plans, he alone can fulfil his purpose for us, don't settle for less than God's BEST for your life.
Dawn Milward
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