Gods Unchangable Plan (4-4-12)

Job 42:2 - "I know that Thou canst do all things, and that no purpose of Thine can be thwarted."

After Jobs encounter with God he confesses "No purpose of yours can be thwarted." God has a purpose and a plan for our world and nothing that man does will frustrate that plan. We call this God's sovereignty and we see it exercised throughout all of Scripture.
In Matthew 26:1-5, two days before Jesus' crucifixion, we read this - "When Jesus had finished all these words, He said to His disciples, “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man is to be handed over for crucifixion.” Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas; and they plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth and kill Him. But they were saying, “Not during the festival, otherwise a riot might occur among the people.”" In this passage we see a direct contradiction between the sovereignty of God and the plan of men. The Lord Jesus stated very plainly that it would be during the passover that He would be handed over for crucifixion, and then we see the chief priests and the elders plotting to kill Jesus, but they say, "Not during the festival, otherwise a riot might occur among the people." You know what happened, it happened just as Jesus said. He was delivered up during the passover, even though the chief priests and elders specifically plotted not to take Him during that time. It doesn't matter what mere man does, the purposes of God cannot be thwarted. God had a specific plan for the timing of the death of the Lord Jesus. Christ Himself said in John 10:17-18 - “Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father.” The Lord Jesus was delivered up for crucifixion in His perfect timing. They didn't want to take Him during the festival, but that was the Lords timing. I also think it's interesting that the reason the chief priests and elders didn't want to take Him during the passover was because a riot might break out, and that's exactly what happened. It was because of the riot that Pilate delivered up Jesus to death. The people were shouting out for Pilate to crucify Jesus, but he had no grounds for an execution, so he was asking the people "why, what evil has He done?" and saying "I find no guilt in this Man." but we read in Matthew 27:24 - "When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this Man’s blood; see to that yourselves.”" The very thing that the chief priests and elders tried to avoid was the very thing that God used to accomplish His purpose. Isaiah 14:27 says - "For the LORD of hosts has planned, and who can frustrate it?" And God also says in Isaiah 46:10 - "My purpose will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure." And that's what we see very clearly in this time leading up to the death of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Proverbs 19:21 - "Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but the counsel of the LORD, it will stand."