Messing up God's plans

Do you ever feel like you have that power???  I do ... actually, I went to bed last night wondering if my actions/or lack of action had thwarted what God had ordained.

Silly, girl!

It's so easy to fall into the trap of thinking we've screwed things up ... but, we're just not that good!  If we are truly seeking God, even if we make a mistake, we can't make THE mistake that ruins God's plans for our lives.  I have to remind myself of that as I make BIG decisions all the time ... my mantra is "I am not big enough to mess up God's plan" ... but then there are just some days that you wonder!  Now, I am not negating the consequences of sin ... undoubtedly, that is not God's ideal, but even as we deal with the consequences of sin in our lives, we have not screwed up God's ultimate plan for our life!  God's just too big for little old me to do that!  As the song reminds us, "Our God is greater, our God is stronger, God You are higher than any other.  Our God is Healer, awesome in power, Our God, Our God…"
 
or maybe what God says about it ...
"I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted."  Job 42:2
"For the LORD Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?"  Is. 14:27
 
I've been doing Beth Moore's Patriarch study and this week we've been looking at Abram (and Sarai).  Why do you suppose God chose Abram?  It certainly wasn't because He was perfect ... ummmm, need I list the BIG mistakes: taking Lot, pretending Sarai was his sister, Hagar ...  No, I kind of think it might have been because God knew he would go ... and he knew in the end he would be faithful ... not perfect, but faithful. 
 
I hope KNOW God believes in me the same as He believed in Abram ... and I pray I am found faithful ... not perfect, but faithful!  Sooooooo ... are we big enough to screw up God's plans?  Not that big!