GOD HAS A PLAN AND PURPOSE FOR EVERYONE

God has a plan and a purpose for each of us.  In life, God intends for us to keep certain appointments.  Whether you keep the appointments or not will depend upon your willingness to be in the will and plan of God for your life.  In the book A Gathering of Eagles, the following men offer their advice about the plan and purpose of God. 

George O'Brien, USMC, (Ret.) received the Medal of Honor in Korea .  "I would urge people to realize that God has a plan for each of our lives."  Lt Gen Bruce Fister, USAF,  retired chief of Air Force Special Operations; "God put each of us in a particular place, in a particular circumstance, to do His bidding.  In God's kingdom, none of those positions are more important than any other, but each of us has our particular purpose."  MG Robert Van Antwerp, Commanding General, Ft. Leonard Wood; "God is large and in charge, and He has a plan." Lawrence Crabb, author and founder of the Institute of Biblical Counseling; "Ask only what God has called you to do, what talents He has given to you to use, what opportunities He provides for you to serve His purpose."  Phil Downer, founder and president of Dynamic Network America ; "All Christians can make an eternal impact in the lives of others if we allow God to use us for His purposes."  David Jeremiah, Turning Point Ministries; "When He shows the path for you to follow, then trust Him and His plan with all your heart.  Charge down the path with all your heart."  Bishop Eddie Long, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church ; "God has a plan for everything and everyone.  We were in eternity past with God.  We were born into time to complete a work for Him.  We the Body of Christ, tend to seek our purpose.  Purpose is what you do today but destiny is what God thought about you and called you to fulfill in eternity past."  Paul Stanley, Executive Vice President of the Navigators; "God is a purposeful God and always acts and creates with a purpose.  Therefore, I am created for a purpose and must live life to serve Him and others with His purpose in mind."

  God is large and in charge, He has a plan and a purpose.  We are in eternity present. What we do, or do not do for God has an effect on eternity future.  Jeremiah, 1:5, (NIV) states, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you."  Romans 8:29 , (NIV) states, "For those God foreknew he also predestined."  God has a purpose for your life!  Are you willing to keep the appointments God has scheduled for your life?  The following story is about one of God's appointments in my life.

By COL Jim Coy, (Ret)
Author of: A Gathering of Eagles and VALOR
coyjv@socket.net