Which gameplan are you following?

There are 2-3 gameplans in life. One is God's, one is yours and the third is Satan's. Satan's gameplan is for you to focus on something other than God. Your (flesh's) gameplan is self-gratification. God's gameplan is obedience to Him.

Life is filled with battles. It can be victorious battles, or defeated battles. The times you lose are the times you rely on gameplans invented by Satan or yourself. The times you are victorious are the times you rely on gameplans invented by God.


For human relations, God's gameplan is love.(Rom 13:8-10) Flesh's is self-feel-good(explanation due in a few sentences). Satan's is hatred ultimately, though he may resort to Flesh's gameplan if the human is so dogmatic against his that he ignores the subtle gameplan of Flesh's.

Now, an explanation of self-feel-good. Humans(or at least this human) thrives on love and acceptance. We want others to love us, and we want a number(small or great) of people(friends) we can rely on for comfort and happiness. When we focus on human relations as avenue for such "self-feel-good," we become consumed with making ourselves feel good. We seek out people who will do just that; we, perhaps, wonder whether we make good impressions so we can keep those people in our lives; we do things to advertise our "worthiness" to be loved and accepted(whether those actions are "innocent" or not).

Wanting friends is not bad. Being consumed by them where your every action is determined by, or reflected upon your relations with your friends is. (John 12:42-43; Gal. 1:10; Matt 6:5-6)

Another area of life that there is a gameplan for is in your thought life.
God's game plan is laid out in Philippians 4:8(Pure, just, lovely, honest, of good report, virtuous, praiseworthy). Satan's game plan is the opposite of those things(Impure, unjust, appalling, false, of bad reputation, of no virtue, lacking worth of praise). Flesh's game plan is prideful thoughts.

When we follow Flesh's game plan of prideful thoughts, we become just that--proud. And pride is an abomination to God. Pride comes in various forms, but the root is an undue focus on self(That's both constant depression and self-exaltation). Flesh wants the focus on itself, and if there be shortcomings of sin, the "good" will be highlighted, and/or others will be brought down to a level below us.

Satan's plan is easy to see--it's everything opposite of God's gameplan. So thoughts of hatred, impurity, dishonesty, or thoughts that would cause our character to falter are within his game plans. It's easy to follow this, because Satan can use situations in life to prod us into thinking his way.

God's game plan is laid out, as said previously, in Philippians 4:8 ("Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. ")

I think we can derive something from that last phrase as well. Instead of praiseworthy things(which may or may not be the true meaning), our thoughts should be that of praise. We should consume our minds with thoughts of praise to God.



Don't live life trying to figure out how to live right. It has, for the most part, already been plainly revealed. In life, how we live ought to be in obedience to God. In human relations, how we live ought to be in love. In our thought life, how we live/think ought to be in truth, honest, justice, purity, loveliness, good reputation, virtue, and ought to be in praise to God.


-Kevin