Jesus is the Plan

I have been meditating on Ephesians 1:7-10 (The Message) which says, "Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we're a free people—free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free! He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth." The Lord showed me a picture of all things, circumstances, issues, plans, people, everything ... crumpled up like a piece of paper and stuffed into the body of Jesus on the Cross. He took everything that was ugly and made it a part of His beautiful plan and revealed it to us. The plan for our provision is Jesus! The plan for our healing is Jesus! The plan for our lives is Jesus!