Do you remember what it was like to be an expecting parent?
You picked out everything you felt that little one would need. There were diapers, onesies, bottles and blankets, you designed the nursery with crib, changing table, toys and baby monitor. A whole host of details to make this new little one a part of your family – loved and protected.
Do you know that our heavenly Father did no less than this in preparing for our arrival? Yesterday I was reading the conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus in John 3 – you must be born again. Now look at the question that Nicodemus asked Jesus.
“Nicodemus asked, “How is all this possible?”…16 Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him would not be lost but have eternal life. 17 God sent his Son into the world. He did not send him to judge the world guilty, but to save the world through him.” John 3:9-17 ERV
From the time of Adam’s fall in the garden, the Father began planning for our arrival with great expectation. He sent His Son to bring spiritual rebirth to all of those in the earth.
He planned what we would wear.
“Don’t lie to each other. You have taken off those old clothes—the person you once were and the bad things you did then. 10 Now you are wearing a new life, a life that is new every day. You are growing in your understanding of the one who made you. You are becoming more and more like him. ” Colossians 3:9-10 ERV
“Wear the full armor of God. Wear God’s armor so that you can fight against the devil’s clever tricks.” Ephesians 6:11 ERV
He also planned what we should eat and drink.
“Then Jesus said, ‘I am the bread that gives life. No one who comes to me will ever be hungry. No one who believes in me will ever be thirsty.'” John 6:35 ERV
“Jesus answered, ‘Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. 14 But anyone who drinks the water I give will never be thirsty again. The water I give people will be like a spring flowing inside them. It will bring them eternal life.”
15 The woman said to Jesus, “Sir, give me this water. Then I will never be thirsty again and won’t have to come back here to get more water.” John 4:13-15 ERV
And then He planned for all of life’s other necessities as well.
“Don’t worry and say, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ 32 That’s what those people who don’t know God are always thinking about. Don’t worry, because your Father in heaven knows that you need all these things. 33 What you should want most is God’s kingdom and doing what he wants you to do. Then he will give you all these other things you need.” Matthew 6:31-33 ERV
The Father has meticulously planned for our every need. His plan is perfect. Our responsibility is to trust Him and make relationship with Him our top priority. He is the giver of life!