Read Proverbs 19:21 NIV
Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
I have always said I am a girl who likes a plan. And I do – I like details and I like to know what to expect. But if I am honest, what I REALLY like are my plans. Those plans are filled with details I determine and expectations I feel like I can manage.
My aim is to align myself with God and for the plans I make to be His plans that serve His purposes. But there are times when His purpose is lost in my details and my ability or inability to manage my own expectations. What I need in those moments is faith. To reach inward and remember the God whom I trust and why. When I can do that I allow the details and expectations to take a back seat and I can lean into what God might want to do in me and through me – things that may not have made it into the plans I made.
Lord,
Thank You that You do have a plan and a purpose for our lives. Forgive us for the times when we have traded Your purpose for our plans. Remind us to keep our eyes on You in expectation of You have something amazing in store if we would continue to put our trust in You for the next move. Lord, let Your purposes prevail in our lives and may Your glory be shown in us and through us today. Amen.
