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He Will Lift You Higher

My plans aren’t your plans, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD. Just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my plans than your plans. Just as the rain and the snow come down from the sky and don’t return there without watering the earth, making it conceive and yield plants and providing seed to the sower and food to the eater, so is my word that comes from my mouth; it does not return to me empty.

—Isaiah 55:8-11

Some people are planners. They like to map out every step they’ll take on a given day. Other people are just the opposite. They run with the wind here and there. They somehow still manage to get along on their intended course.

The tricky part of the planning process is that God is also planning, and he’s been planning your steps since the day you took your first breath. You were designed for a certain mission, a purpose that only you and he will actually ever know. So, the problem with planning is that it requires more than an action based on what you want. It requires you to listen for the voice of the One who speaks to you often and creates the best opportunity for his plans to come to fruition.

Step out in faith and leave the planning to God.

God knows why he made you. He planned for you to have an abundant life, filled with joy, enriched by his guidance through the Word. Step out in faith and leave the planning to God.

IN THE QUIET OF THE DAY

Lord, I always make lists of things I need to do. I hope that you help me create those lists, but I also ask that you would help me create the priorities. I want to work with you every day. Amen.