Our Plan – God’s Plan

            As one who has more years behind him than in front of him, I often look back throughout my life and ask, ‘Is this the way I planned it?’ Most dreams and desires have not been met, at least not yet, and perhaps will not come about. Some dreams and desires have come about beyond my wildest imagination leading me to admit that it had to be God’s planning and not of my doing.

            The Lord gives us free will to make our own choices and to make our life plans. But as we go through life we discover looking back that our life is not exactly as we planned. Oh, it may be heading in the right direction, but we’re not there. Perhaps you have already arrived at where you planned to be, but the road to getting to your destination was not what you had envisioned, not even close. That’s when we see God’s plan.

            It is inevitable that God’s plans for His children overrides any plans we may have. God had specific plans for our lives from eternity past before the foundations of the world were laid. His plans cannot change, they are carved in stone, as we may say. Whatever direction our plans take we can be sure that God’s hand is in it.

            The Lord instructed the prophet Samuel to go to Bethlehem to the house of Jesse for He had chosen Jesse’s son David to be King in Israel. Samuel was to anoint David as the next king to follow after King Saul. We are not told what David’s dreams and ambitions were during his teenage years as he worked tending sheep out in the fields. But no doubt, the Lord was preparing David in his occupation for the plans He had for him. David was also the most unlikely candidate among Jesse’s sons to be king, but our thoughts are not God’s thoughts. Our ways which seem right to us are not God’s ways which are right to Him.

            Wherever you are in this life, consider the Lord’s plan and the circumstances that brought you to this point. Ask Him to open your eyes to see how he has worked His perfect plan. Have faith in Him through obedience as He continues to work His plan for you in the days ahead.

Read the Story of David’s Anointing:  https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+16%3A1-13&version=NIV