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The Ultimate Play Designer

Andy Reid will undoubtedly go down as one of the greatest coaches in NFL history.

While he is a remarkable coach for many reasons, he's perhaps best known as the ultimate play-designer and play-caller on offense. His game script, play design, and timing of calls set his players up for success.

Reid and Patrick Mahomes are always in sync, as Mahomes trusts his coach's game plan, which allows him to go out and execute in a way that leads to winning.

Regarding our lives, are we similarly in sync with God, trusting Him as the ultimate "play designer" and "play-caller" who sets us up for "success"?

Do we believe that God has designed unique plans for each of us and that His ways are truly the best?

The Bible says in Ephesians 2:10, "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, so that we would walk in them."

Do we trust that the "plays" He calls will enable us to thrive in ways that matter?

Psalm 32:8 explains, "The Lord says, 'I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.'"

As the ultimate "play designer," God knows things that nobody else does. He sees the whole picture, but we must wait for Him to "call the play" in His perfect timing.

We are told in Isaiah 55:8-9, "'My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,' says the Lord. 'And My ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts higher than your thoughts.'"

Today, let's be encouraged by God's excellent design for our lives. By the power of the Holy Spirit, let's follow His perfect "play-calling" as He leads us to victory.

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PRAYER: Heavenly Father, I trust that Your plan is best. Help me to follow Your path as I look to You each step of the way. Teach me to trust in Your timing, and help me remember that Your ways are higher than mine. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen.