This whole surrendering my plans thing sounds so nice and spiritual on paper (or, computer screens??) But, in real life it's scary... and messy. And a little harder than I thought...
"But you never said it would be easy, you only said I'd never go alone."
- Ginny Owens - If You Want Me To
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Plans.
As I quickly approach my senior year in college (Eeek! Such a scary thought), I've been meditating on a passage from Proverbs. "A man makes plans in his heart, but the Lord establishes his ways."
I am a PLANNER. Guilty as charged. I love to plan. I love to make plans, I love to follow plans. I've only recently learned in the last year to lighten up and greatly appreciate spontaneity. Well, I'm trying...
My current plan: Finish college strong, take a year off, go to law school, etc... And I like this plan a lot. It's been in my mind for a while. But what the Father has been teaching me lately is that even though we make plans (which isn't wrong to do), ultimately, He has the final word for what is to happen next in our lives, in my life. Ultimately, He ESTABLISHES my way, not my perfectly laid out plan. If I reach the end of college and find that I'm being beckoned in a completely different direction, then I simply go in that direction trusting His lead.
Plans are good. We all should make them. But they are a tool, not a guide. We follow Jesus, not our own agendas. I never want to be so wrapped up in my own thinking that I miss what the Father has in store for me.
Let us never think we have the way completely figured out. He can always surprise us.
I am a PLANNER. Guilty as charged. I love to plan. I love to make plans, I love to follow plans. I've only recently learned in the last year to lighten up and greatly appreciate spontaneity. Well, I'm trying...
My current plan: Finish college strong, take a year off, go to law school, etc... And I like this plan a lot. It's been in my mind for a while. But what the Father has been teaching me lately is that even though we make plans (which isn't wrong to do), ultimately, He has the final word for what is to happen next in our lives, in my life. Ultimately, He ESTABLISHES my way, not my perfectly laid out plan. If I reach the end of college and find that I'm being beckoned in a completely different direction, then I simply go in that direction trusting His lead.
Plans are good. We all should make them. But they are a tool, not a guide. We follow Jesus, not our own agendas. I never want to be so wrapped up in my own thinking that I miss what the Father has in store for me.
Let us never think we have the way completely figured out. He can always surprise us.
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