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PUTNAM PRAISE
Published by G. P. Putnams Sons
a member of the Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
New York

Id like to acknowledge and thank Gina Lynnes, who transforms into print the messages I teach.

Additionally, I want to express my gratitude to Leah Lee and Delaine Neece, who have also been a tremendous blessing in this endeavor.

Thank you, too, for taking the time to allow me to share the Word with you.

God is good.

Love in Him,

Gloria

I dedicate this book to my husband, Kenneth, who faithfully supports me in everything I do.

Thank you, Kenneth, for continually teaching me great truths from Gods Word and for walking out the Master Plan with me.

I love you with all my heart. You are my special blessing.

All my love,

Gloria

One

GOD ALWAYS HAS A PLAN

God always has a plan.

The Lord first spoke these words to my heart years ago when Ken and I were preaching in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I dont remember what challenge we were facing at the time, but the words still ring loud and clear in me today.

God always has a plan.

His plan isnt just some haphazard scheme thrown together at the last minute, either. His plan is a Master Plana plan uniquely designed for every person in every situation on the face of the earth.

The Bible is absolutely fullfrom beginning to endof such divine plans. In Genesis, we see the plan God had for Adam and Eve when He put them in the Garden of Eden. What a wonderful plan that was! God surrounded them with every conceivable blessing and then gave them dominion over the earth and all that was in it.

Gods original plan for Adam and Eve didnt include sickness, pain, or lack of any kind. They were divinely designed to live in continualvictory and abundance. To connect with that plan, all Adam and Eve had to do was obey the one commandment God gave them. They simply had to refrain from eating from the tree of the knowledgeof good and evil.

Sadly, Adam and Eve fell prey to Satan, disobeyed that one directive,and disconnected from Gods original plan.

But their disobedience didnt catch God by surprise. He knew what they were going to do before they did it. And He was ready. He had already prepared His Master Plan. He announced it to Satan the very day Adam and Eve sinned. Speaking of Jesus, God warned the devil about the seed of the woman who would one day come and crush his head (Genesis 3:15, NLT).

Thats a classic example of the way God operates. No matter how crazy and confusing things may seem, no matter how hard the devil works to mess them up, God always has a way to set things right. He always has a plan.

He had a plan for Abraham when He told him to leave the land of his fathers and go to a country hed never seen before. He had a plan to make that seventy-five-year-old man and his barren wife the father and mother of many nations. Abraham connected with that plan and, just as God promised, his son Isaac was born.

That, in itself, was miraculous. But Gods Master Plan for Abrahamdidnt stop there. God also promised Abraham that his descendentswould inherit the land of Canaan, a prosperous land that flowed with milk and honey. He said they could live in it and call it their own.

As usual, the devil attempted to steal that promise and Abrahams descendents found themselves in Egyptian slavery for several hundredyears. Eventually, they cried out to God for help. When they did, once again, God revealed His plan.

He sent a deliverer named Moses to confront Pharaoh and producesigns and wonders so powerful, they brought the mighty nation of Egypt to its knees. He split the Red Sea, led the Israelites to the other side on dry ground, and buried the enemy army that pursued them in a watery grave.

Now thats what I call a plan!

Once the Israelites were out of Egypt, all they had to do to successfullyreach the Promised Land was follow Moses and obey Gods instructions. But they didnt do it. Like Adam and Eve, they disconnectedfrom Gods Master Plan and decided to do things their own way. As a result, they found themselves stuck in the wilderness.

Forty years went by and it looked like the whole nation would die off and disappear in the desert, never to be heard from again. But two men named Joshua and Caleb refused to let that happen. They stayed connected to the Master Plan, believing year after year that despite the rebellious Israelites surrounding them, God would one day fulfill His promise to them.

They were right! When they were about eighty years old, God spoke to Joshua and said, Arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to themthe children of Israel (Joshua 1:2).

Despite the delay and all the wilderness wanderings, the descendentsof Abraham inherited the land of Canaan, just as Abraham believedthey would... because God always works His plan.

NOT JUST ACCIDENTS OF NATURE

What does that have to do with us today? A great deal. The New Testament tells us everything that happened to the children of Israelhappened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come (1 Corinthians10:11).

Thats why I was so delighted while reading a Jewish commentarysome time ago. The author said that God has a Master Plan for the Israelites and that man has the ability to connect with it. Praise God! The Israelites are our example. So if God had a Master Plan for them, He has a Master Plan for us.

He has a Master Plan for me.

He has a Master Plan for you.

He has a Master Plan for everyone who will accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. John 3:16 says, For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

We arent just accidents of nature God had pity on and decided to save. We arent just wilderness wanderers destined to stumble through life trying to do the best we can. Romans 8:29 says, For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. He made preparations for us before we ever took our first breath on the earth.

God didnt wait until you and I were born to begin figuring out what to do with us. According to the Bible, God designed a Master Plan for us long before that. He fashioned it before the foundation of the world when, in His great love, He looked into the future and chose us (actually picked us out for Himself!) as His own (Ephesians 1:4, AMP).

God considers every one of us special. In Ephesians 2:10 He actuallycalls us His workmanship. The Greek word for workmanship, poema (from which we get our English word poem), is translated masterpiece in the New Living Translation.

The Amplified Bible says it this way:

For we are Gods [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live].

A MASTERPIECE WITH A MASTER PLAN

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