It can all get to be so time consuming and mind numbing at times. But plans are needed, because as that saying goes "if you fail to plan, you're planning to fail". So it is important for sure but as a Christian, when we're making these important plans, do we invite God? Do we consult Him?
I've been busy planning a new direction in my life, something I'm trying out and I realized yesterday that I didn't even take the time to talk to God about it. I jumped right in to action and forgot to just take a moment with my heavenly father. That thought alone made me remember the quote I placed in my yearbook, Proverbs 16:9-A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
This verse was the quote I gave when the yearbook committee asked us to leave behind some words of wisdom for the younger students. I was new in the Lord but saw just how God truly works things out for us.
This verse shows that yes, we plan all these things in our heart but it's truly God that will show us where to go and will be the one to lead us in our ways. God knows the best path and though our plans may not work out the way we want them to, God's plan always works out. We see in Jeremiah 29:11 that God's plan will bring us to a great place because God loves us. In the process of my past plannings, God took me to new heights that I couldn't have even imagined for myself. Looking at my yearbook I wrote that I wanted to be married and have 2 kids and by God's grace that came true but in such a different way than what I would have imagined. God is good.
As my pastor used to say "Write your plans in pencil and give God the eraser." If God changes your direction, it won't be to bring pain but more joy than you could have planned for. So yes we must plan but let us not forget to invite God, to consult Him, to let Him know that we need Him to achieve our goals. As Proverbs 16:3 tells us, we should commit our ways to God and He will be the one to establish us.
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