The Lord's Good Plan

But it was the LORD's good plan to crush him
and cause him grief.
Yet when his life is made an offering for sin,
He will have many descendants.
He will enjoy a long life,
and the LORD's good plan will prosper in his hands.
--Isaiah 53:9

I am glad for the Lord God today! Why? Everything the Lord planned for today has been carried out perfectly. The Lord our God experienced no frustration on this day. The day is young though. Faith confidently says the same thing: God's plans will all come to completion. Naturally, a person wants to compare this with his own plans and projects. Frustration and disappointment abound throughout this life. My plans have often found failure. Look in our verse for today at what the Lord did to His Son! But then there is a change, from the good plan to crush Him comes the good plan to prosper in His hands. It may be that the Lord's plan for you and me will go through a similar time of frustration and failure for each of us, and then comes the change!

Rest your plans in the Lord's plans, and wait for that change.

Bucky