Bible Verses About Purpose & God’s Plan
Many people ask what they were made for. Scripture answers that we are God’s workmanship, created for good works, and that He works all things for the good of those who love Him. These verses speak of calling, of plans that stand, and of living for something bigger than ourselves.
20 verses about purpose and God’s plan (KJV)
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Guided journeys on purpose and God’s plan
Go deeper one day at a time: each day is a passage, a reflection, a question and a prayer.
Work & Calling
7 days on serving God in your daily work
- Day 1: Work is good — Genesis 2:8-15“And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to…”
- Day 2: Gifted for the task — Exodus 31:1-6“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in…”
- Day 3: Learn from the ant — Proverbs 6:6-11“Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.…”
- Day 4: Working for the Lord — Colossians 3:23-24“And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.”
- Day 5: Integrity at work — Daniel 6:1-5“It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that…”
- Day 6: Faithful with what is given — Matthew 25:14-23“For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another…”
- Day 7: A quiet, honest life — 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12“But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are…”
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Scripture text: King James Version (public domain).