“How will you know God‘s plan?”, a question thrown to me by someone close to me asking for a prayer. It’s a difficult question, I must say. Though I may not be the right person to give a concrete answer, I tried to answer it based on my personal faith. “If He does not responded, it‘s either it‘s not for you because He always knows the best or the timing is not right and the best is yet to come.”

I was doing a prayer over to a friend who had just celebrated her birthday and while doing it, I recalled the question asked to me when I mention “please unfold Your plans for her.” It made me think, “how I perceive God’s plans for me?“.

And as I was answering my friend’s question, things popped up to me immediately and prompted me to just give these answers (I just wish the promptings are right).

Faith. As there are different kinds of Faith, the highest is the Claiming Faith (with others as Believing and Trusting Faith), claiming that whatever our heart’s desires will be answered and whatever our heart’s desires will be unfolded as His plan. Every time my household members request for prayer intentions, I always tell them – “By faith, we’ll claim it. With more prayers we will…” I know it’s easy to say and not easy to claim something (or someone) without being so anxious of getting it or overly-desire to have it, but in the end – it’s just a matter of Faith, whether we like it or not… or should I say, whether we claim it or not.

Prayers. With persistence, dedication and faith, always knock on heaven’s door for whatever we desire to have. Considering that heaven’s door is a thousand mile away from the throne of God, never cease to ask your friends’ and love ones’ support to help you knock on the door and be the one on the frontline. God is just like our fathers here on earth, He gives in to those who are persistent and His weakness is His children’s prayers.

Patience. A wine is fermented for long. Wine-makers may loss patience and have it to be served immediately, but they can’t because they always know that there is always a right timing, and serving the wine in time gives a superb taste. Heart’s desires are also the same. Our petitions may not be answered so abruptly, but it is being brewed or fermented so that when presented to us, these will bring superb fulfillment in our lives.

Humility. Whether our prayers are answered or not, we bow down to His majesty and bring the glory back to Him because without Him, we’re nothing.

As we pray for His plans to be unfolded, I guess having strength and courage and Godly-perception should also be included. Strength and courage, to accept whatever His plans and to accept His plans if not in accordance to our heart’s desires, to be strong for whatever challenges we might face as we deal with His plans and courage to endure the pains and sacrifices along the way. Perception, so that we are always enlightened to His answers and so that we may know His answers. Sometimes, we keep on praying for something, that because we are so focused on our heart’s desires, we forgot to look around and see and feel His answers.

I know, dealing with God’s plan is sometimes painful and sometimes entails sacrifices. But as we remember His blessings and answered prayers in our lives, isn’t fulfilling and amazing how those things washed away and overshadow our anxieties and pains?

Yes, I’m not the right person to explain things about His plans. But those answers gave me a personal enlightenment as well. What I do know, His plans for everyone always lead to STARDOM!

God bless everyone!