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It is integral that the Christian is assured of God’s purposes and abilities. When our personal expectations and self-derived ideals of stability and accomplishment trump our yielding to God’s plans we are left floundering. The Christian must know that:

1. God knows [the plans he has for us].
2. God is able [to fulfill his plans].

This truth is sufficient for all our doubt and subsequent anxiety. When we struggle with this promise, we must remember that our savior has bid us come and die. Perhaps for others the answer is to work harder, sacrifice, and better oneself. But the Christian is not called to be a self-made man, nor should his dreams be of the American sort. The struggle of long-term life vision is foremost a spiritual one. If our hope is in the hastening of its revelation, we are living in vain. We must rest on the truth that God knows our state and has a plan for us.

“For I know the plans I have for you.”