We can make our own plans, but the Lord gives the right answer. People may be pure in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their motives. Commit your actions to the Lord, and your plans will succeed.
Proverbs 16:1–3 NLT
People plan in two basic ways. To borrow phrases from writing parlance, you are either a pantser or a plotter.
A pantser starts writing with a basic idea and continues until the story reaches its finish. You may approach life like that, living each day as it comes without planning for the future.
Or you may resemble a plotter, who makes detailed plans about characters, plot, and motives and writes confidently about what comes next. Perhaps you are a life plotter, planning your days in fifteen-minute intervals, creating five-year plans, and putting money in your bank for retirement.
Whatever your approach to planning, today’s passage applies. If you plan without consulting God, you are building on shaky ground. You may settle for what looks good and sounds good without checking the building material.
God probes deep, looks at your blueprints, and determines what’s right. He looks for what’s good about your plans—and, more importantly, who is in charge of those plans.
Plans made without God will have a fatal design flaw. All plans committed to the Lord will succeed.
Lord, let me invite You into my plans before I start. Without You, I will fail. I name You my life project manager and designer-in-chief.
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Today’s reading was adapted from Daily Wisdom for Women: 2018 Devotional Collection with permission from Barbour Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. Reading was written by Darlene Franklin.
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