GOD’S PLAN FOR YOUR FUTURE: A CONVICTION OF FACT

For those who are graduating from high school or college, these are busy days and big decisions as they plan for the future. It is a time when their mind is a jumble of possibilities, and one finds it a challenge to know for sure where to go and what to do. All of us—young or old face times like that.

But, there is a beacon of light that can cut through the fog. It is the realization that God has a plan for your future. This we can say emphatically A CONVICTION OF FACT. Paul begins Romans 8:28 by saying, “And we know.” It isn’t that possibly God has a plan for your life, or even that probably God has a plan for your life, but that positively, absolutely He does! This we declare to you by the Word of God.

For those who are sons of God, they will one day become like the Son of God. God is in the business of making us like Christ—and all that happens in this life is directed to that outcome. You cannot fully grasp Romans 8:28 apart from 8:29. Here’s what the verses say, “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. 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.” God is building a new race of men—not defined by the color of their skin or designated by the country of their origin—but rather by virtue of a spiritual birth into the family of God.

Thus, the critical question becomes, “Do I know for certain that I am a Christian—the real deal—a genuine follower of Christ?” If that be the case, then we can say with conviction, “And we know that all things work together for good….”