The right connections are so important. Only this morning my computer has decided it no longer likes my modem and refuses to connect meanwhile chasing down other wireless opportunities in my area. How often is our own life like that? We have a connection to make but when it is unavailable, rather than waiting we move to a Plan B?

The problem with the Plan B approach is our impatience at a situation or circumstance. So, we go out to fix it on our own. Abraham did that. He took on Hagar and ended up with Ishmael. He initially chose a Plan B that caused all kinds of problems and may well contribute to our problems today.

In most situations there are 3 solutions. Do nothing, do something and do something wrong or in error because #2 did not go so well. (The world is full of children who are hurting because mom or dad chose option #3 and walked out the door because there was in their mind a better alternative.)

I had an unusual dream last night that revealed to me some thought process on this. (In advance this was a a dream in which I had a dream that I woke from with answers only to truly awake sometime later.)

I was in the dining room of a young black family. We were having a meal and the topic of marriage came up for the daughter. She was perhaps 25, beautiful and intelligent. Her family was concerned because she had “no prospects” for marriage. They were looking for an alternative. They were not trying to see an “Hagar” thought process but they were definitely struggling with the Lord’s timing and seeing their daughter married. I said I would pray about it and went home. That night I had a dream. In the dream I heard a name. That was it. A name. The next morning I awoke from the dream. I began to talk to God about the name. I spoke to some friends. They said “yes, we know him”. I went to visit him. He was a man who played drums in marching band much like the movie “Drum Line”. He was pleasant and kind. (He had skills! As a drummer I saw how good he was.) He lived right down the street from the young woman. After talking to him, I connected him with the young lady. They ended up getting married not too long after that.

A name. A person. A dream. God.

Too often while we are seeking Plan B our God has a Plan A. God is not a Plan B God. Granted He can work with our Plan B in most cases. (Romans 8:1) But the reality of it is are we settling for something less than His best?

I ask this because as the pressure intensifies in the world, there is the desire to just “end it,” to choose the easy way out. To do something and move on. It does not have to be marriage. It can be a church fellowship or a job. But keep in mind that there are consequences for choices. I am not telling you what kind of consequences, I am simply saying every action has an response. Pressure creates desire to see a way out. Character has it it’s response. Weakness another.

Heaven has an answer. It always has. The questions is whether we will seek it. In our current culture of “next”, of microwave theology, 140 character responses, God is still in the business of showing us an Isaac because an Ishmael is not His plan.

The hardest thing is not the pressure we are facing, but in fact the reality of choosing Plan B and realizing that it is not what God was saying.

As I thought about the young drummer, I thought while he was on the field, that it all came down to this. Thousands would hear his drumming, watch his marching. There is a performance mentality that is involved in what he did. A misstep would mess up others, an off beat would change the rhythm. He was necessary. In fact his name in the dream meant chief, director or the head. God was bring order on the field and in life as he spoke to me in the dream about this man.

Plan A’s are always superior to a Plan B. They are the chosen plan.

As I read thought this before posting, I felt that many feel as though there back is up against the wall. I feel the Lord would say to you, “what is I said”. I believe God is calling you back to His promise to you. What was it? Do you want to miss it?

And for those who have chosen a Plan B and seen the fall out, God has grace for you. He loves you and He is there. Lean on Him.