Thursday, May 16, 2024

We all have plans!

Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter days. There are many plans in a man’s heart, nevertheless the Lord’s counsel . . . . that will stand. (Proverbs 19:20-21)

Daily planners . . . to-do lists . . . graduation plans. . . vacation plans . . .monthly plans . . . yearly plans . . . five-year plans . . . retirement plans . . . and yes, even burial plans! We all have plans!

However, how many of us have allowed God in those plans? While it is great to plan, we need to seek God's counsel before carrying them out. It has been said that one who fails to plan plans to fail . . . and this is true!
Yet planning in itself is not all we must do.

For believers, God will have the final say . . . for everyone actually. If we want to honor God and do His will, then we must seek Him out before acting on our plans. Perhaps we may start with a blank slate and ask God to fill it up rather than writing up our plans and asking God to bless them?

What do you think?

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