Your plans are in vain-until you know God's love & approval of you...

The plans you have are not more important than what God wants to accomplish in you-until you embrace this...your plans are in vain. He wants you to know how much He loves & approves you-which includes all your failures, regrets, mistakes, poor choices, weaknesses & current sin. You don't have the power to manage your weaknesses, let go of your past or conquer sin, but God's love does. Jesus took it all the at the cross, but you will continue to work out your salvation until the day you go to Heaven-God's love & approval at work within you gives you the desire & power to do what pleases Him (Phil 2:12-13). You must know God sees you as right in His righteousness even when you do wrong-if not, pride will convince you to make yourself right...it never works (Rom 10:3). God corrects you to make you right...not wrong. Take your sin to Him so it loses its power in you-what you keep from Him... keeps its power. The tendency is to work harder to do the right things so you can feel right, but you end you end up feeling more wrong because only His love makes you right. He is the Vine & you're the branch, if you remain in Him & He in you-you will bear much fruit...apart from Him you can do nothing (Jn 15:5). Your plans are in vain until you know how much God loves & approves of you. Will you lay down your plans to make yourself right in God's eyes & receive His love & approval of you? His love makes you right!  9/19/13CIFL-LMM