Vain Imaginations

>Disclaimer: I’m on this table so I’m talking to myself. But if you happen to have a similar-looking table at home, examine it closely 😅<

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So, this has happened to me in this single season: I meet someone, he’s nice but he’s fighting with the whole idea of God. So I say to myself, “Maybe when we talk, he’ll see my faith, then he’ll give his life- it’ll be such a wonderful story!”
God can do all things o, but that is a vain imagination😂
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Or I’m praying for breakthrough & someone important follows me, so I think: maybe they’ll like my profile, then offer me a job, & through it I’ll meet the head of the company, who’ll then pay for me to go on an all-expense-paid trip, then I’ll start my business & his wife will tell her friends & even my ministry will grow... yes, that must be why God has kept me broke, so that He could align me with this person in the place of purpose at the right time...”
Erm.
At this point we have entered into Spi-Fi — Spiritual Fiction 😂
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God works in mysterious ways. He said the things He has planned have not entered into our minds.
Which means that, unless He Himself •tells• you that’s what He’s doing, this house you’re building in your mind is a figment of your personal imagination.

“Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.” (Psalm 127:1 ESV)

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The thing with these imaginations is that we start to hold on to them as if God gave them to us as prophesies.
We build our hopes on them and are completely shattered + disappointed when they don’t work out— then we turn to God in anger.
Ephesians 3:20 says He’ll do more than we can imagine — He didn’t say He will do •exactly what• we have imagined!
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One way to tell our imaginations from “God said” is that •we• build the imagination from our desires and hope God will align.
Yes, God can honour our requests, but that’s called prayer: and prayer involves asking God & LISTENING for His response. Vain imaginations are expectations we hold on to as prophesy and throw tantrums over when they don’t work out.
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Las las,

“... do not fuel your sinful imagination by indulging your self-seeking desire for the pleasures of the flesh.” (Rom 13:14 Voice)

Selah.