Isaiah 46:11b “‘Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, surely I will do it.’”
BE CAREFUL HOW YOU PLAN
You may have heard the saying “the best-laid plans of mice and men.” Do you know where that comes from? It comes from a line in the poem “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns. He wrote “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men often go awry.” So, what does that mean? Lol No matter how carefully a project is planned, something may still go wrong with it.
I am a planner. I like to know what I am doing long before I do it. I have a one year planning calendar on my office wall which I use to map out my year. But sometimes, God gets in the way of that. Do you know what I mean? Our verse today is telling us that God’s plans will always come to pass. WE get in the way sometimes of God fulfilling His plan the way and time He sees as best, but He will fulfill His plans. Why would we think we could stop God?
TEACHING MOMENT
It is so important to teach our children to plan ahead. Most schools require students to have a planner as part of their school books. This gives them a place to mark down homework assignments, upcoming tests and school events. But we need to make sure we don’t teach them to “over plan.”
Your children need to allow the Lord to direct them as He wants. But hang on, Mom and Dad. That may even mean He directs them in a way that is against YOUR plans for your child. How dare He do that! Right? Remember, your child is on loan from God. They really belong to Him. He has given you temporary stewardship, but they are His. Let Him lead them.
Are you allowing God to direct your plans? You may have your next ten years all planned out. Be careful. The mouse in the poem had his home established too, but the next harvest destroyed it (google and read the poem). We must be willing to flex our plans to follow the Lord. After all, He sees the whole picture. We can’t.
A Moment In Time 