Who's Plan is It?

Jesus said "Put your sword back into its place; for all those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword. Or do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels? How then will the Scriptures be fulfilled, which say that it must happen this way?"
Matthew 26-52-54

And here Caiaphas thought that he was the one to orchastrate the arrest of Jesus; Malchus thought that it was Caiaphas he was following orders from. Ends up it was really God who orchastrated the whole thing and gave the orders.

How often do we think that we are the ones orchastrating everything just to find out that we are really not the ones in control at all? So often I put a whole LOT of energy into trying to make things happen, just for it to not really happen or worse, for me to mess up what would have happened sooner and better had I left it alone. Sometimes I even make it so that what was going to happen doesn't end up happening at all, due to trying too hard to force things and people having the power of choice.

Caiaphas thought he was a big dog and that he finally would be the one to get this Messiah that so many were hoping to put a stop to. He thought he had it all figured out. Oh how blind pride can make us. He thought he was so cool. He thought he was making the impossible happen. Yet what was 'impossible' wasn't so impossible after all since it was the will of God. Had he not followed through, God would have chosen someone else to do it. It had to happen since it was the will of God.

So you see, we're really not that cool at all. It is not us that make things happen (whether we believe in God or not, we are still subject to His will. We just choose which side of the team we will be on.) It is not us that help or save others, for alone we can do nothing.

It is because of Him; He is the awesome and powerful One who put everything into place even before time began. It is by His power that we are able to make a difference. We are just blessed enough to be able to join in His plan.