No Plan B

 

 

 

God doesn’t have a Plan B

After all, He is not a man,

Though Satan tries his worst

He cannot thwart God’s plan.

 

Breaking News!

Mrs. Adam ate the fruit!

What a huge surprise for God!

He had to give them the boot.

 

Plan B is utter nonsense

Which God are you talking ‘bout?

Certainly not the Almighty

For in Him is no doubt.

 

God was not testing Eve

To see whether she would pass,

God knew both she and Adam

Would fail the devil’s class.

The serpent did the testing

And Eve fell for Satan’s trick

But God knew this would happen

And already had the fix.

 

Actually, it was not a fix,

I just used ‘fix’ to rhyme,

God was not in the repair business

Then or at any time.

 

It was not a ‘fix-it’ Plan B

But redemption’s plan unfolding,

It wasn’t man waiting to see

But God who is all knowing.

 

Ours is usually post vision

That’s the best that we can do,

God sits in eternity

And has a flawless view.

 

He knows all beforehand:

Not an event on time’s line can He miss,

It’s all spread out before Him

Like an everyday shopping list.

 

Plan B infers uncertainty

Or an alternate just in case:

If Plan A doesn’t go as planned

Then put Plan B in its place.

 

 

There’s no Plan B for the Jew

As some seem to suggest,

As though Plan A did not work out

Since Adam made a mess.

 

This was God’s expectation

Crazy as that may sound

But crazier still was the devil

If he thought he’d won that round.

 

For every round he has lost:

After all, Satan is a loser!

To have had all he had and lost it,

He had to be a poor chooser.

 

Like Satan, we have a choice,

Nothing is forced upon us,

Satan can’t make us do anything

Even when we feel we must.

 

 

 

 

God’s one and only plan

Has been always to redeem man,

Even before He created time

This was his unfailing plan.

 

One plan for Jew and Gentile:

Believe in Jesus Christ!

One in the Father, Son and Spirit

And no other plan can suffice.

 

Stewart Russell © August 14, 2021