Planning for Success

In business, I hear a lot about planning. Every January, I hear workplace believers making their plans for the year. Corporations establish plans that cover anywhere from one to five years. Individuals create personal life plans. There is only one problem that I see with most planning done by well-meaning believers.

If God is not the originator and director of the plan, then that plan is doomed for failure. So often, Christian workplace believers set out to plan something that seems good in their own mind. The merits of what is being planned can look great, and it can even be a worthy endeavor. However, that is not the point. When Jesus said he came only to do the will of the Father, he could not consider doing anything that was not what the Father wanted, no matter how good or righteous it might appear to be.

God must give us the vision for what he calls us to do. After we have the vision, we must ask him if he wants us to take action on that vision and what the action steps entail. The Lord wants to direct each step of the planning process.

Question: Are you allowing God to direct your planning?

Father, lead me in the way I should go and establish my plans according to your will.