God has set our lives as a stage for His mighty works

God has set our lives like a stage that is waiting for His great works.  All the apostles did those works, and so will we who believe.  Greater works will we do, if we do not become offended at His plans for our lives.
The greatest weapon against offense is to see one’s life as a plan in the hand of the Holy One, and to know His character as good.  The simple life of the believer then becomes charged with electricity as the lights come on the stage.  He recognizes the players on the stage as foes or friends of Jesus, for discernment is the friend of those whose lives are a stage for God.
We are to present our bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God (Rom 12:1).  This sets our stage with a willingness to do the will of God instead of our own will.  We then become privy to the plan of the One whom we believe is good, who has determined His plan for our lives from long ago.  As we break away from following the worldly patterns of our former actions we find that His plans for us come near.  The more we agree with His plans, the more lights come on the stage, and we know the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God (Rom 12:2).
When we are a sacrifice, we not only know who plays on the stage, but can test the purposes for which they have entered our lives.  It is then we become aware that our lives, indeed, have a plan and are not just happenstance.  The foes of Jesus are on our stage so that the glory of the Lord can shine brighter.  Just as the prophets of Baal came into the lives of Elijah, so the enemies of the Lord set the stage for His glory alone.  We need not fear, but only believe in the One who waits to enter our stage to do His great works.  Amen