BBD 07.24.17 The Three Step Plan
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Classic from 2010
Burning Bush Devotional
24 July 2017
The Three
Step Plan
For we
ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts
and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another. But
when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by
works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved
us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom
He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having
been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of
eternal life. - Titus 3:3-7 NKJV.
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death. -
Proverbs 16:25 NKJV.
In South Africa, a man went on a ride in the Pilatus PC-7 Mk II plane, apparently
with not enough instruction in the proper situations in which to make use of
the ejection seat. The man's story was that he was trying to steady himself
while the pilot was making a maneuver, and grabbed the yellow and black handle
for emergency ejection between his legs. The result was a memorable experience
for the unnamed man, when two rockets ignited that were attached to his seat,
blasting him out of the plane. Thankfully, the parachute opened as designed,
and a helicopter picked him up with no apparent injuries 80 miles to the north
of Cape Town.
Without the divine guidance of God, it is like pulling the emergency ejection
handle, and being blasted out into the unknown at the mercy of the winds of
life blowing us from place to place. Without divine guidance, we think we know
what is right, but inevitably make wrong decision after wrong decision; because
we are “foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and
pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.” “There
is a way that seems right to a man” and that way is littered with
mistakes.
Once you have pulled the ejection handle in error, how do you ever get back on
track with your life?
Step One is to
turn to God and ask for help. Receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. You
will receive His mercy, His renewing, becoming an heir of God “according
to the hope of eternal life.”
Step Two is to
seek God's guidance for everything and every area of your life. Put your focus
in life upon what God wants because to be “spiritually minded is life
and peace (Romans 8:6b).”
Step
Three is to learn more and more from God's Word about what He wants in
your life. Read His Word, study His Word, memorize His Word, and meditate upon
His Word; and then “you will make your way prosperous, and then
you will have good success (Joshua 1:8b).” You will then be “like a
tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season,
whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper (Psalm
1:3).”
Please, before you grab hold of that ejection handle one more time to blast you
out to who knows where – consider the three step plan above that will bring
real life, peace, success, and prosperity into your world. God loves you, and
He is the only One who can give you what your soul is thirsting for. Begin now
to follow the three step plan that will change your life eternally. If you have
never invited Jesus Christ into your heart and life to be your Lord and Savior,
that is where you need to start (John 1:12; John 3:16; Romans
10:13; Revelation 3:20). If you do know Jesus as your Savior, but
have wandered away, 1 John 1:9 is the place for you to
start. Will you begin the three step plan to real life, or will you blast off
to nowhere once again?
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