Does God's plan for your life change?

[millstreet]

We are told God has a plan for each of our lives. I believe this strongly, and that the decisions you make either forward that plan or they take us away from it. What I am wondering is, if I make a whole bunch of decisions that lead me in a different direction, does God adapt His plan for where I am, or does the plan remain the same? And, even if I am going in the right direction, presumably others are not. Does His plan for me change as others deviate from theirs, assuming all of these plans are somehow integrated? I guess the point is, no matter how “in tune” I am, can I ever really be knowledgeable of my plan? And can I be confident that if I do what I’m supposed to and live according to God’s plan, that it will be the “right thing” in the end, depending on what others do?

I’m not having a crisis of faith, or anything. I just got to thinking and these are some questions that arose.

 

[Frere]

We are told God has a plan for each of our lives. I believe this strongly, and that the decisions you make either forward that plan or they take us away from it. What I am wondering is, if I make a whole bunch of decisions that lead me in a different direction, does God adapt His plan for where I am, or does the plan remain the same? And, even if I am going in the right direction, presumably others are not. Does His plan for me change as others deviate from theirs, assuming all of these plans are somehow integrated? I guess the point is, no matter how “in tune” I am, can I ever really be knowledgeable of my plan? And can I be confident that if I do what I’m supposed to and live according to God’s plan, that it will be the “right thing” in the end, depending on what others do?

I’m not having a crisis of faith, or anything. I just got to thinking and these are some questions that arose.

These are thoughts I have been pondering on as well.
This is what I have found to must consider:
. God does not really plan anything because God is not in time and does not see things as past, present, and future
. Also God would not plan since God also gave us free will. He only have what we can call wishes for us and a hope for us and He also hope that we listen to Him and receive the blessings he set for us.
. There is the general hope of God for us, which is to be with Him in Heaven. So, yes, he keeps adapting to our action like when He forgives our sins to pick us up from wherever we may be.
. God can do this because He is ‘here’ always. The great ‘I Am’
. Also, we are rather like ‘seed’ so just like we can predict that a ‘mustard’ seed will become a ‘mustard’ ‘IF’ it grows, so we can predict that we will go to ‘Heaven’ IF we grow(follow the commandements).

Sometimes I wonder if I should marry or be consecrated in celibary, or if I decided to marry, should I marry this person or that person? what is in God’s plan for me in this situation?

• Like one priest said, I came to believe that we have complete freedom in this. Or God’s plan/wish is in our freedom. If we make a choice which is truly free therefore, truly just, then we will be happy and God’s plan would have been accomplished. Because God is the Just and his wish is our happiness and joy.

“The Glory of God is man fully alive” - St. Iraneous

God bless!

 

[millstreet]

Very nice reply, thank you.

I will contemplate the idea He has hopes (wishes) for us, I guess on immediate look I would add then that with His wishes, he inherently gives us the tools and presents us with opportunities to build or use them, even if we don’t see them or interpret them correctly. I strongly believe God puts things in our path that, if we RECEIVE His gifts and not try to TAKE them defined for our own purposes. We have to keep our eyes and ears open, and be confident in our convictions so long as they are well-considered and inspired.

Thanks again yours was a great post on an complex topic.

 

[tonyrey]

We are told God has a plan for each of our lives. I believe this strongly, and that the decisions you make either forward that plan or they take us away from it. What I am wondering is, if I make a whole bunch of decisions that lead me in a different direction, does God adapt His plan for where I am, or does the plan remain the same? And, even if I am going in the right direction, presumably others are not. Does His plan for me change as others deviate from theirs, assuming all of these plans are somehow integrated?

There is no need for God to adapt His plan because He is aware of all the possible decisions we can make. They are not infinite…

I guess the point is, no matter how “in tune” I am, can I ever really be knowledgeable of my plan? And can I be confident that if I do what I’m supposed to and live according to God’s plan, that it will be the “right thing” in the end, depending on what others do?

We can never know all the details of God’s plan but most of us know our vocation - although even that can change at different stages of our life. We certainly know enough to do what is right in most situations. It is not necessary to worry about being right “in the end” because the final outcome may be beyond our control. That doesn’t matter provided we follow our conscience to the best of our ability. We are not expected to be infallible but impeccable (morally!).

I’m not having a crisis of faith, or anything. I just got to thinking and these are some questions that arose.

They are important questions that should be considered for the sake of our peace of mind. We can become too scrupulous instead of trusting in God’s mercy and love.

 

[John_Martin]

I think Frere had good thoughts.

While we live contingent lives, God also has Angels to guide, guard, and even intervene. Consider what will happen shortly in the Church Year… Joseph will be told in a dream (inspiration sent by God) from an Angel to hurry out of Bethlehem and flee to Egypt to guarantee the plan for his son’s life.

We can, in our lives like Joseph (and Mary), do the next right thing that comes our way. We can do each thing we do as a task for God, and not do things that appear not to be good. Each thing we do, mundane or important things, we can present to the Lord saying, “Lord, here; I am about to do this thing, and it is for you, an act completed in your world that you now will have completed to make what you will from it.” Then do the thing and move on to the next thing we might see to do.