Not My Plans

"I trusted God and he failed me."

If we were being honest with each other, I think we would all say we've felt this way at one time or another.  Whether it was a plan that didn't come to fruition, a situation we didn't want to get into, or a dream we wanted to see fulfilled, we can't help but feel as though God let us down when he didn't follow through.  We prayed for our plans to be successful and they weren't, and now we wonder if maybe trusting them to God was the wrong decision.

The problem, though, is that we are trusting God with our plans when we should be trusting God's plans.

Proverbs 16:9 expresses this same sentiment when Solomon writes,"The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps."

God promises to have our best interest in mind when he says, "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose" (Romans 8:28). The problem is, we often think that we can step ahead and determine what that good is.  In reality, God sees a much bigger picture than we do and can imagine far greater plans for us than we are able to hope.

We do not know our own good, nor do we have the strength to bring it about.  But when we learn to trust our Creator with his plans, we find the peace and rest that eludes us when we are struggling to make our own plans fit.  God is not a tool we can use to secure the future we want... He IS the future we need.