#186: Yearly Plan
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand. ( Proverbs 19:21 ) Today's post is a sequel to the previous post: Let God Lead . This is another year. It is another time to be wild with plans and visions. by definition, planning entails designing the intentions for the future. One thing we all agree is that no one has been in the future. But there is a God who knows the end from the beginning. He is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End ( Rev 1:8 ). He is not limited by time and space. And He knows this, not necessarily because He has seen it, but because, as our key verse puts it, He purposes them by divine decree ( Job 42:2 ; Isaiah 46:9-10 ) The bible does not discourage planning. The counsel of the bible is that we are very limited in knowledge as men. we only know the present and the past; we could use these to forecast a future, but we do not have the decisive power to create or orchestrate a future event - no matter how ...