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Another To-Do List

People plan their path, but the Lord secures their steps.

—Proverbs 16:9

Are you a list maker? You know, you write out the things you’ll do tomorrow, jotting notes to yourself about what you hope to achieve. You may not get all of it done, but at least it’s on a list. Then you walk out the door, and you forget to take the list. You strive to remember each thing you had so carefully noted, but somehow still arrive back home with the most important one of all left undone.

Setting goals and making plans are both good things. In fact, it’s wise indeed to make plans for the things you anticipate. The proverb here, though, reminds us of one important fact. Planning provides an invitation to pray. Only God can secure the way for you and create the opportunities that will bring the desired result.

What if you start your to-do list like this: Things I have to do tomorrow. No. 1: Pray. No. 2: Thank God for today, because he created it for me. No. 3: Get some guidance about the things on my to-do list.

It’s a new day and a new opportunity to make some plans. Include your heavenly Father in your to-do list and it won’t matter if you leave the house without your list. He knows what you need to get done.

Put prayer at the top of your to-do list.

QUIET THE WAVES

Lord, you know that I have a lot of things to accomplish today. I know that I can’t do one of them without you. Please be with me today and help me get all my tasks done. Amen.