Day Planner
“You can make many plans, but the LORD’s purpose will prevail.“
Proverbs
19:21 NLT
Most days we make plans to finish whatever needs to be done that particular day. If we’re focused and determined, we allow nothing to distract us from our purpose. But wait – did we even consider asking God what He thinks about it?
Before making any plans for the day, we should acknowledge Him.
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.“ (Proverbs 3:5-6 NLT)
It’s not easy to put aside our self-confidence. We assume we know what’s best for us. It’s not easy to humbly acknowledge that He’s in charge, and ask Him what our next move should be.
“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.“ (John 15:5 ESV)
“It would be rude, don’t you think, to leave a friend all alone who had come to visit? Why is it then, that God is so often neglected? Do not forget the Lord. Think on Him often; adore Him continually. Live and die with Him. This is the glorious employment of a Christian. This is our profession as Christians. If we do not already do this, then we must learn to do it.“ Brother Lawrence
Instead of taking the time to ask Him anything, we rush about, ignoring Him, only to come to our senses later and ask, “Why me Lord? Why isn’t this going the way I expected? “
Most of us don’t consider asking Him about our everyday life because we incorrectly believe that He wouldn’t be the slightest bit interested. But those are the moments when He’s waiting for us to come, exactly as we are.
Unfortunately, we’ve been programmed to be self-sufficient, but it’s written, “our sufficiency is from God“.
“Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.“ (2 Corinthians 3:4-6 ESV)
“Let us not imagine that the truth of the divine self-sufficiency will paralyze Christian activity. Rather it will stimulate all holy endeavor. This truth, while a needed rebuke to human self- confidence, will when viewed in its Biblical perspective lift from our minds the exhausting load of mortality and encourage us to take the easy yoke of Christ and spend ourselves in Spirit-inspired toil for the honor of God and the good of mankind. For the blessed news is that the God who needs no one has in sovereign condescension set Himself to work by and in and through His obedient children.“ A.W. Tozer