CHAPTER 2: ORIGINAL BLUEPRINT 2026
I surely want to know what God had planned for me since before the beginning of time. I mean the book tells me He has a plan for each of us. I quote it all the time.
Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Often in my life I fear I’ve missed what God had planned? My bad behavior, insolence, disobedience, debauchery, selfishness, and sin, sin, sin. Did I miss it? Seems like that is a possibility.
Isaiah 59:2 “But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.”
When I looked at that scripture, I wrote in my notes: “Original Blueprint.” What is the Original Blueprint of me? Or what was it perhaps before I got in the way? I read about God able to restore lost time and turn wasted years into blessings. Scriptures of promise and restoration greater than what was lost! The Bible mentions God restoring years “that the locust has eaten” (Joel 2:25), God can create new opportunities that surpass anything I’ve lost, (Genesis 21:1-2). It was helpful but then I thought, what did I miss? And now is what’s left the consolation prize? Not a question that anybody, except God, could answer and because He loves me, maybe I’ll never get the answer. Nobody can go back in time, and I can’t fix what happened back there. And if I did go back, first day I was back I’d probably get him by a bus, you know? These are stupid things I think about. And God helps my stupid thinking in the Word.
Philippians 3:14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:28-30 And we know that all things work together[a] for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose,
What now? Historical evidence proves I am never above reproach, no matter how hard I try. Scripture tells me that through the blood of Christ I am saved even though I have a past.
Romans 5:8 “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
Wow, let that sink in for a moment, while still a sinner He died for our sins, so that I could be free of it. Huge. So what else do I need? Still the question? What about the Original BluePrint? Why am I so concerned about His original plan for me? Because now that I’m walking with Christ, I want to do as much as I can for Him? Is that a question? Or do I just want to be more because flesh, the world, all of it? That begs the question, was the original blueprint for me better than what I have now? Confounding isn’t it? At least it is for me. Doubt is never of God, it can’t be. Doubt is of the devil. In Genesis 3:1-4, the serpent’s very first words to Eve were designed to make her question God’s commands, motives, and truthfulness. Here, in this passage, doubt caused the downfall of humanity.
Genesis 3:1-4 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
Alright doubt is a bad thing and must be taken to the Lord. I get that that. What about Caution? What is the difference between fear and caution. Caution has knowledge in it, experience, and it can be pondered, that is surely an element of discernment. Fear is without information, perhaps without God. It is worth pondering.
1 John 4:1 (ESV): “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.”
So caution is with information, experience perhaps and fear is lacking information. If all knowledge comes from God, I must go to God with my fears, just like I do with everything else.
Psalm 34:4: “I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears..”
That is a whole lesson in itself. Going to God for information, means it’s on me to learn. That’s a whole thing, right? Well, let’s say in the original blueprint, I’m afraid, i.e., fearful, I’m missing out on something, something great. I’ve sinned and lived a life without Christ and, I fear, I’ve ruined what could’ve been. Then why do I deserve what could’ve been, why not be happy with what I have and be glad I’m not dead before I was ever even able to ask the question.
Psalm 116:3-4 The pains of death surrounded me,
And the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me;I found trouble and sorrow.
Then I called upon the name of the Lord: “O Lord, I implore You, deliver my soul!”
And he did, so why ask anymore? God inspires me to win, the devil inspires me to lose. Then what do I do with that voice that screams in my head? You’ve missed your calling, you’re a loser, and will always be plagued with loser. Then comes the danger we have all faced and acted on, quite likely without God in it.
“I’m missing out, I better move quickly, make some moves, right now, quietly and right away, keep it to myself, I’m the only one who understands what needs to be done, time is of the essence.”
Bad thought. That thought has cost many a great deal. God help me, before I put something in motion that is regrettable, instead take it to the Lord.
1 Peter 5:7-9 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
What if the Original BluePrint is gone and the new plan is better?
Not likely. Plan B doesn’t sound good. Dude, in that one single thought, the devil is on me, and my brain is a dangerous neighborhood.
1 Peter 4:12-13 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
I ask the question to myself again: The Original BluePrint? Have I seen it, looked at it, touched it and then walked away from it?
Jeremiah 5:2 Hear this, you foolish and senseless people,
who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear:
Okay, I’ve lost my mind and should not think on such matters? What does the Lord say in scripture?
2 Corinthians 10:5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
Realizing I am foolish and senseless, what do I do with my question? David’s psalm gives me hope.
Psalm 139:16: “Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.”
There it is. He knew.
He knew everything I was going to do. If He knew everything I was going to do before time itself, He knew I would pick Him therefore everything I did, including my ridiculously sinful habits, was taken into consideration.
Romans 8:28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
Is it possible that I didn’t miss anything? I’ve experienced life and been saved, this is the Original Blueprint of me, made by God, and kept alive long enough for me to make it this far and now full speed ahead?
Yes.
Romans 5:1–2 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
An awesome thought, He knew, He considered, He wove it in, everything that happened before this very moment.
Now what? Can I die before His work is complete?
Psalm 118:17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.
Ecclesiastes 7:17 “Be not overly wicked, neither be a fool. Why should you die before your time?”.
Job 22:15-16 Will you keep to the old path
that the wicked have trod? They were carried off before their time,
their foundations washed away by a flood.
Making poor choices now that I know better is risky and I don’t want to miss anything, anymore. Stay the course.
2 Corinthians 5:17 The old has gone, the new is here!
Philippians 3:14 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Isaiah 45:3 I will give you hidden treasures,
riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the
Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by name.
Is there a scripture that keeps me in fear of myself and the consequences of my actions moving forward? Yes, there is.
2 Peter 2:20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
Don’t go backwards, don’t give up.., be delivered from the hands of fate, into the hands of destiny…, your destiny..
Philippians 3:12-14 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Chapter 2, The original Blueprint…, I don’t think we missed it, Amen.
