Joshua 6: 4 Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. On
the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing
the trumpets. 5 When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have the
whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse
and the army will go up, everyone straight in.”
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Spreadsheets, calculators and meetings were my tools to
predict what “could” happen. Based on past events and current activity, I
developed a mitigation plan that was foolproof! I submitted my plan along with
my budget requirements.
Months later I had to request more money because my plan
didn’t include another department head pouting nor did I foresee one of our
suppliers providing inferior parts. My plan was in shambles!
- GOD laughs at my plans when they don’t include HIM.
- GOD scoffs at any prediction I make for the future.
- GOD looks at my pitiful plan and mocks it when I don’t include HIM.
It seems like even the smallest plan I have won’t come to
fruition without GOD. I mean I can work my fingers to the bone but without GOD
my plans will fail miserably. On the contrary, it seems like GOD’s plans won’t
work. I mean pray, wait and watch don’t seem like a good plan. Maybe GOD needs
my help.
- GOD tells me to stand still so I won’t get in the way.
- GOD tells me to watch HIS deliverance so I won’t think I did the work.
- GOD tells me to believe and trust in HIM so I won’t try some crazy tactic that HE will have to clean up later.
GOD’s plan sometimes doesn’t make sense to me. HE tells me
to give when I don’t have, trust when things are falling apart and believe when
I don’t see. I’m not always successful at it but when I do HE blesses me!
- Are you trying to get out of your trial?
- Why do you think GOD has you in this trial in the first place?
- Can you let HIM work HIS plan in you while you remain “anxious for nothing?”
- Won’t you relax, take a deep breath and believe?
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