“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future” (Jer 29:11; NIV). God’s greatest desire for each of us is that we would discover His plans for us, because in those plans, we will find fulfillment and serve God mightily. Our job is to get to know God and to walk in His ways, this opens God’s hands to be able to reveal His plans for us, bless us and use us (Matt 6:33).

King David wrote that God delights in the man whose steps are directed by God (Ps 37:23). So often we try to help God and, in our minds, we come up with all sorts of plans and things God would surely want for us, then we ask Him to bless them! In Isaiah 55:8-9, the Lord tells us that “My thoughts are not your thoughts” and He goes on to say that His thoughts for us are way higher than ours.

I love Prov 16:3 in the Amplified Bible, “Roll your works upon the Lord (commit and trust them wholly to Him; He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and) so shall your plans be established and succeed.” In other words, if we prayerfully give God our plans and aspirations, He will bring our thoughts into line with His and we will experience success and fulfilment. As we spend time in God’s word and prayer, growing in our relationship with Him, we will learn to discern His directions and our thoughts will be elevated to His thoughts, His plans will become our plans. Hallelujah, I want that, how about you?