“God’s Christmas Plan” (Isaiah 46)
Published 23 Dec. 2025
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⚠️ Lessons Learned – Warnings
- 1️⃣ Ignoring God’s plans leads to confusion and futility (Isa 46:8).
- 2️⃣ A stubborn heart resists God’s unfolding work (Isa 46:12).
- 3️⃣ Forgetting the “former things” blinds us to God’s faithfulness (Isa 46:9).
- 4️⃣ Trusting idols—ancient or modern—cannot save us (Isa 46:6–7).
- 5️⃣ Treating Christmas as human tradition rather than God’s plan empties it of power (Mk 7:7–8).
💥 Lessons Learned – Failures
- 1️⃣ Israel often ignored God’s warnings despite repeated prophetic messages (Isa 46:3).
- 2️⃣ Generations forgot God’s promise of a coming Savior (Isa 46:9).
- 3️⃣ Many failed to recognize prophecy being fulfilled in their lifetime (Lk 1:67–79).
- 4️⃣ People trusted political powers more than God’s plan (Isa 31:1).
- 5️⃣ Crowds in Bethlehem missed the miracle unfolding in their midst (Lk 2:7).
🚫 Lessons Learned – Sins
- 1️⃣ Distrusting God’s timing and sovereignty (Gal 4:4).
- 2️⃣ Seeking control instead of surrender (Isa 46:12).
- 3️⃣ Reducing Christmas to sentiment instead of salvation (Jn 1:10–11).
- 4️⃣ Trusting what cannot carry us (Isa 46:7).
- 5️⃣ Assuming God’s delays are failures (2 Pet 3:9).
🏆 Lessons Learned – Successes
- 1️⃣ God sustains, carries, and rescues His people (Isa 46:3–4).
- 2️⃣ God’s purposes stand unshaken through all generations (Isa 46:10).
- 3️⃣ God brings righteousness and salvation near (Isa 46:13).
- 4️⃣ Prophecy is always fulfilled in God’s perfect timing (Gal 4:4).
- 5️⃣ Christmas reveals God as Savior for all nations (Isa 45:22).
🌱 Lessons Learned – Spiritual Growth
- 1️⃣ Reflecting on God’s sustaining grace strengthens faith (Isa 46:3–4).
- 2️⃣ Christmas invites us to trust God’s timing, not ours (Gal 4:4).
- 3️⃣ Seeing ourselves in God’s bigger plan inspires obedience (Isa 46:11).
- 4️⃣ God’s promises are anchored in His unchanging character (Isa 46:9).
- 5️⃣ Salvation is offered freely to every generation (Isa 45:22).
🧭 Lessons Learned – Leadership Principles
- 1️⃣ Wise leaders anchor decisions in God’s unchanging plan (Isa 46:10).
- 2️⃣ Leaders help people remember God’s past faithfulness (Ps 77:11).
- 3️⃣ Prepare the next generation to carry gospel purpose (Lk 1:76–79).
- 4️⃣ Leaders proclaim salvation as God’s gift to all nations (Isa 45:22).
- 5️⃣ Leadership means trusting God even when the plan spans centuries (Isa 46:11).