Bible Verses About God's Initiative

According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.

Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.

In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.

For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the Lord said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.

And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.

For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.

Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.

As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.

And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.

Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,

Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.