Step 1.02 – What is God’s Plan?/Introduction
We don’t start from nothing.
Long before we ask our first spiritual question, we’ve already inherited ideas about life, truth, love, purpose, and God. These assumptions form the ground we stand on—our worldview. And whether we recognize it or not, we are already living in response to some version of reality. The journey of discipleship doesn’t begin with conversion or commitment. It begins with awareness.
That awareness leads us to ask:
Why am I here?
What is the purpose of all this?
Is there a plan, or am I just floating?
The answer is not buried in mystery. It’s not a secret for scholars or the hyper-spiritual. It’s been revealed from the beginning. God created this world—and you—with a plan. Not a vague hope, not a generic good intention, but a specific, eternal purpose woven into every molecule of reality.
That purpose begins with love. Not cultural love. Not romantic love. But agape—the self-giving, sacrificial love that flows from God’s very nature.
“God is love…” (1 John 4:8)
His plan is to create people capable of receiving that love, returning it, and reflecting it into His creation. Discipleship, then, is not primarily about rule-following or knowledge acquisition. It’s about being transformed by love so we can love as God loves.
Before we can follow Jesus well, we must recognize where we’re starting—and ask whether what we believe is actually true. That’s what Part 1 is about.
It’s not a sprint into theology. It’s a slow walk through reality:
• What does our existence tell us?
• Why do we crave meaning?
• What is God’s plan, really?
• Can we trust our answers?
• What’s holding us back?
• And how do we know what we know?
This is the trailhead of the journey—a reset of assumptions, a testing of truth, and the beginning of clarity.
Because until we know what God’s plan is—and why we’re part of it—we’ll never understand what discipleship truly requires.