There is something very special about this time of year. Yes, partly because it is just after Christmas and just before 12th night, but also because it is a time to look forward to the year ahead.

God is a planner; He knows everything from the beginning to the end because He is the Alpha and Omega.

‘For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.
‘Then you will call upon Me, and you will come and pray to Me, and I will hear and heed you.
‘Then you will seek Me, inquire for, and require Me (as a vital necessity) and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart,’ Jeremiah 29:11 (in the Amplified Bible).

If God is a planner, then…