Do you understand the way you are going?  

“The LORD directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way?” Proverbs 20:24 NLT

It should behoove us to plan out our future. Any endeavor we decide to take on should not proceed until perfectly planned out. Skipping this first step will prove unsuccessful. I’m afraid I’ve been a casualty of my own neglect in this area of my life several times. Lessons learned. Hopefully, not to be repeated again!

Proper planning sets boundaries along the path we decide to take. It guides us to stay in our lane and not drift into unproductive areas. With no plan in place we drift from side to side even if we have an end goal in mind. We make adjustments along the way to compensate for lost time and finances but realize we don’t understand the way we are going. It is a helpless feeling.

Our need for planning is essential, that’s number 1. The need to give it to the Lord is number 2. Feel free to reverse that order especially if it is Lord laying it upon your heart. There are a couple of things we need to know when we give our plans over to the Lord. “You can make many plans, but the LORD’s purpose will prevail.” (Pr.19:21 nlt) The Lord will direct our plans in the direction of His will, where He desires them to go. A second thing we need to know is that we still may not understand everything in the way we are going and that’s OK because it is the Lord who is directing our steps.

It is better for us to not understand our way with the Lord leading and directing our steps than for us to wander around aimlessly with no plans. Either way we won’t comprehend, but with God in control we don’t need to try to understand everything along the way. He will get us to our destination.