A Part of the Bigger Plan

"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?" ~ Job 38:4a (NASB)

 At times it can be very easy for me to think of my part in God's plan as the solo plan. It can be easy to assume that I am the last act in the show, the last pitch in the game, and the last speech at a conference. Last week, I began to spend a lot of time thinking about how it is not all about me. Even in reference to the will of the Lord... it's not all about me and the Christians around me. The Lord's sovereign plan is greater than my own existence. His plan started before the foundation of the world and will continue on for His glory after my days are spent. Even the apostles of the Lord felt as if they were living in the last days. Many church patriarchs were convinced that Nero, the emperor of Rome, was the Antichrist and the Lord would be returning soon. It is easy for believers to get swept up in the current time and assume that our lives are "it". I don't want to be so presumptuous as to assume that my present day is the last day in God's elaborate will. The Protestant Reformers were confident that the popes of Rome were Antichrists. They set the world on fire for the Lord and opposed an evil, unscriptural institution, but it was not the end.

You and I are but a part of the bigger plan. We are but a piece of the unfinished design. It is foolish, but my selfish nature even creeps into my regenerated heart and says that God exists to cater to me. Nothing could be further from the truth. I have been created to serve and glorify God. Charles Spurgeon, Martin Luther, John Wycliffe, Irenaeus, Polycarp, and the apostles of the Lord were all created for His glory. We have all been created to be a part of the God's plan. We all play a small part in His bigger plan. And when it is all said and done, every person's existence, whether evil or good, will have radiated the glory, mercy, holiness, and just nature of Christ.