08/30/2026
Happy Sunday! โข The mind of man plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps. Proverbs 16:9 NASB1995
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We make plans daily on what we're going to do. Where we're going. Nothing wrong with making plans, but always preparing to adjust if our Heavenly Father has different plans for our day as He sees fit.
As Christians, only the Lord directs our steps. We trust Him and His plans for us.
Reference Scriptures:
The steps of a man are established by the Lord, And He delights in his way. Psalm 37:23 NASB1995
The plans of the heart belong to man, But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. Better is a little with righteousness Than great income with injustice.Proverbs 16:1โญ, 8 NASB1995
Many plans are in a manโs heart, But the counsel of the Lord will stand. Proverbs 19:21 NASB1995
Manโs steps are ordained by the Lord, How then can man understand his way?
Proverbs 20:24 NASB 1995
Closing: โA man may plan his road to the last detail, but he cannot implement his planning, unless it coincides with Yahwehโs plan for him.โ - Bruce K. Waltke
โA man can and does devise his own way under the direction of his heart. If desire be evil, the way devised is evil. If desire be good, the way devised is good. But that is not all the truth about life. This is also true: โJehovah directeth his stepsโโฆ. That is to say that no man can step outside the government of God, no man can devise a way that enables him to escape from God.โ - G. Campbell Morgan
โThe point is the contrast between what we actually plan and what actually happensโGod determines that. As Paul later said, God is able to do abundantly more than we ask or think (Ephesians 3:20).โ - Allen P. Ross
โAs rational agents we think, consult, act freely. We are dependent agents, and the Lord exercises his own power in permitting, overruling, or furthering our actions. Thus man proposes, and God disposes.โ - Charles Bridges