¿Tienes planes?

Many are the plans in the mind of man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.

I've found this verse before, and it was just a helpful and powerful then as I reckon it will ever be. I, like most people, like to plan. I can be laid-back in some areas, but I also have a very active imagination. I find it challenging to just sit back and wait for some things to happen. Some stuff is easy to wait for. It really wasn't that hard to wait for a job last summer. It wasn't a big deal to wait to find out which college I go in to.

Things that were difficult: waiting to hear if I got into Grad school because it meant a complete change of plans from what I had initially thought; waiting for May this year to come around and see what God would have me do next year; waiting to see what God would have me do next year...I have a lot of things to work out in my busy adult life (teehee). Waiting to see what kind of man God brings round to marry me. I have many plans in my head about how I think these things should work out. However, as the verse says, what I think really doesn't matter quite as much as what God is going to do.

And that's what I find reassuring. I'm always afraid that I will somehow mess up God's plan for my life. But I don't think I can. I think even my mistakes are somehow a part of the plan. Not so much that God wanted me to mess up, but more that He can make His will happen regardless of my mistakes. My choices affect how difficult it is to get to point B, but as long as I am His, I will get to point B.

That's reassuring.

I had a pretty serious debate about this the other day with some friends. Predestination, free will, losing your salvation. You know, everyday stuff (:P). It's questions we really can't answer, and that's fine by me. What counts is Scripture clearly teaches God has a plan for our lives that will most likely work out differently from how we think it should, but that it will always be better. Always.

Lord, help me to always trust and seek after Your purpose over my own. As I make some big decisions in the coming weeks, help me to seek Your will above my own plans and dreams. Let me not over-fantasize the options, but rather focus on the reality of the situation. Let me see clearly what is laid out before me and choose the path You would have me on.


Amen. Amen. Amen.