I just got my copy of Pete Wilson’s new book Plan B hot off the presses. I’m really excited to dive into this book, because delves into the question, “What do you do when God doesn’t show up the way you thought He would?”
I’m intrigued by the book because I am living out my own Plan B. Several years back, the familiar life I knew imploded around me, and all that was seemingly left was an ash heap of my former life. Throughout the trials I faced these words from Isaiah 61 continually encouraged me:
1” The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,
because the LORD has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,
2 to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,
3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness
instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting of the LORD
for the display of his splendor. “
Day after day, I meditated upon this scripture as a prayer of promise for what God would do. And out of the ash heap of my life, God has indeed bestowed upon me a crown of beauty, He has poured over me the oil of gladness, and clothed me in a garment of praise. As the phoenix rises from the ashes in the familiar legend, God has lifted me from the miry clay, and allowed me to soar in a beautiful new life He’s created for me.
God’s Plan B is “exceedingly, abundantly more than I can ask or imagine”. (Ephesians 3:20)
How about you?
