Today in the gospel lesson (John 14:26-31) we hear Jesus tell the disciples as the head up the Mount of Olives that they will all desert Him, and that Peter will deny Him 3 times. Peter vehemently said, “Even though I must die with you, I will not deny you.” And all of the disciples agreed…
However we know what comes next. At this point in the story though, Peter and disciples have this all worked out in their minds. They have seen what has happened, and they are looking forward to what they know will happen. They knew that Jesus was going to be the king and put down those who were oppressing their nation, and they were correct, but not how they thought.
And we never do that do we? I have had plans all of my life and think that is the way it should be. I heard Mark Hall of Casting Crowns this morning on the radio talking about magic Jesus dust. Magic Jesus dust is the stuff we go to Jesus for when we have our plans all together and we go to get His blessing on it. But as we see from the gospel passage in John that this is not how it works. We can not make up our minds and set our plans how we want and then go to Jesus and say, “Here it is and this is how it is going to happen.” He will tell us, “not so fast, I think we may need to rethink this…” There is no magic Jesus dust to make all of our plans to be what God wants. All through the Bible we are told to ask for what we want and God will give it, if it is in His will. If is the smallest biggest word in the English language.
If your plans are in line with what God knows is best for you, and we all know how often that happens… Well we can plan, but do not get attached. Ask Jesus first what needs to happen, and go with what He is telling you. Your plans are not His plans, and His ways are not our ways. So don’t go to Jesus looking for magic Jesus dust to make all your dreams come true, go to Jesus asking what His dreams are for you, and live into that, because that is the best way to go.
And always remember if you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans.
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