In this powerful message, Rania Naim reveals that even when life feels confusing and prayers seem unanswered, God’s plan unfolds in ways you have never seen before. Just like a book Finding God Every Day by Rebecca Simon, reminds us that every delay or challenge is part of God’s plan. Read on to see how it can guide your journey.
Even if you can’t see it right now, even if you can’t feel it, even if you’re losing faith day by day, there is a better plan waiting for you. “How?” you may ask when the odds seem stacked against you and your prayers seem to have evaporated into thin air, but it’s all part of God’s bigger and better plan. At least, that’s what I’ve seen over and over again in my life—that even when things don’t seem good or when prayers are forgotten or ignored, it leads to something better than I expected.
Even if you don’t believe it right now, even if it doesn’t make sense because your pain has been going on for a long time or your problems keep piling up, God knows what you don’t. God has heard what you have not heard and seen what you have not seen, and there is always a movement happening behind the scenes that may get you what you want or lead you down a completely new path that will change your life. One thing I always see in my life is a sudden change of heart about a job or person or situation. I believe that’s part of God’s plan—to take you away from something when it’s time to end it and lead you to something else.
I’m sure you’ve seen that in your life. It happens all the time with career changes or failed relationships or toxic friendships. You suddenly feel compelled to act in a certain way or take an action that you would not have done before. It may feel like God has given you the opposite of what you wanted at times, but it ends up being better for you in the long run. The problem is, we are too focused on the here and now and God is focused on the bigger picture. Sometimes God shows us what we didn’t know we needed.
And sometimes the best part of God’s plan is that He wants you to work for yourself. He wants you to believe in your abilities and strength to get what you want or leave what is wrong with you. Sometimes he pushes you to find answers on your own by making lots of mistakes or learning difficult lessons. Sometimes you know that your past desires or wishes were from your type of feeling unworthy of the better things in life, and you want to wish for them. More yourself or aim higher. Maybe the journey is painful at times, and maybe you think you know what’s best for you, but God’s plan is always the best. It may not be what you thought, but the end goal will always be the same.
You may not know how things will turn out, but I believe that God’s plan will always bring you what you want. It will bring you happiness, love, security, peace, abundance, health, and prosperity, because God will not plant a desire in your heart without giving it to you. It’s just how that might confuse you or be different from how you saw it. God will always reshape and remove things from your life when you are ready for the next level. Step by step, God’s plan will be revealed to you, and you will understand why things had to go wrong or why people had to change.
So, you may not see it or believe it right now, but whatever you are going through is bringing you closer to something more meaningful and better for you.
