This is a good time to remember that no matter what plans we make for ourselves, it is truly God who determines our path. Sometimes the path he chooses is not the one we have or would have chosen. Where to live, where to work, the lifestyle we choose, our friends, and how we spend our spare time. God gave us the freedom to choose, but when our plans are out of sync with the path that God has chosen, we feel it! We stumble and things don’t go perfectly or as planned. We get frustrated and disappointed and ask “why God?”.
By living one with God in prayer, with humility and trust we find the answers, if we open our minds and our hearts to his word.
Proverbs 16:1-9 says it so clearly.
Proverbs 16:1-9 (NKJV)
The preparations of the heart belong to man, But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs the spirits.
Commit your works to the Lord, And your thoughts will be established.
The Lord has made all for Himself, Yes, even the wicked for the day of doom.
Everyone proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord; Though they join forces, none will go unpunished.
In mercy and truth,Atonement is provided for iniquity; And by the fear of the Lord one departs from evil.
When a man’s ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Better is a little with righteousness,Than vast revenues without justice.
A man’s heart plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps.
Thank you blogger, it is such a comfort to remember that the One who knows the future provides that future for us. He knows the plans He has for us, plans to prosper us and to give us hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11. What a beautiful way to encourage us as our new year begins.
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