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Failing to plan is a plan to fail?

In my last article I mentioned that I believe we should plan for things and not just wait for stuff to happen. I also said that was the subject of a different article.
I am sure many of you have been waiting on the edge of your seats for me to get this article written. Yeah, I know.... but here it is anyway. (Grin)
I have friends that are super planners. Everything is planned down to the last detail. I have other friends that don't plan a thing. They just go through life drifting aimlessly and are always surprised when something does not work out the way they wanted it to. For me, I fall somewhere in between. So this week I thought we could take a couple minutes and look at what the bible says about planning. The first scripture that I think about when thinking about planning is Luke 14:28 "Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won't you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money". This scripture is part of a larger thought of counting the cost of following Jesus. But I think the principle here applies to everything in life from switching jobs to buying a house or even getting married. Planning and counting the cost goes hand in hand.
The next scripture that comes to mind is Proverbs 16:3 "Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established". God is with us. As long as we (and our plans) are committed to the Lord and they are in keeping with his will He will bless them.
I would encourage you to read all of Proverbs 16. When you make you plans try not to hold on to them so tightly that there is no room for God to move you around in his plans for you.
So here is something interesting to think about. Is asking God to lead you, guide you, open paths for you, and being willing to follow that path wherever it takes you failing to plan? While I was in the Navy we could change duty stations every 4 years. We did not make great plans on where we wanted to go or what we wanted to do, instead Donna and I would pray to God and ask him to send us where He needed us. Andrew and Jaime did the same thing when they were looking to become missionaries. They prayed to God for guidance, approval and assistance. I think in these cases we counted the cost, we willingly stepped out in faith trusting God to care for us.
With that I will conclude by saying I think there is room for super planners as long as they don't try to interfere with God's plan for them. I think there is room for us that are a little looser with their plans as long as we are open to the guidance God gives us. I don't think it is good to have no plans and drift along hoping to get something out of life. As my old Master Chief told me on more than one occasion "Failing to plan is a plan to fail"

In his service -Keith




A Powerful Shadow?

Breathe in and breathe out. Place your hand a foot away from your mouth. Do you feel the wind of your breath on your hand? How close do you have to be to notice the smell of someone’s breath? If they had garlic, you can be further away.
God’s Spirit is often referred to as the breath of God. And we received a measure of God’s Spirit through God breathing into Adam, also when Jesus breathed on the Apostles (John 20.22).
When Jesus went around miraculously healing people, he was showing that he was full of God’s Spirit prepared to lead the people back into a right relationship with God. Peter and the Apostles also had miraculous healing ability through the power of God’s Spirit to confirm their message was really from God.
God’s Spirit was so present that when they prayed the earth shook, people were healed, and even the shadow of Peter might heal the people. You might remember that a woman touched Jesus’ hem and was healed, Jesus acknowledged that power went out from him to heal her. I believe this shows us that God can work outside of the standard, acceptable, religious formulae to heal, to bless, and to bring about growth in God’s Kingdom.
What do you feel God is calling you to do that is different (that isn’t evil, wrong, or inappropriate), but that God might use for Kingdom purposes? Pray about it. If you still aren’t sure, seek wise counsel. And then, maybe it is time to step forward to serve others in God’s love. What will God do with your humble, yet bold, faith on behalf of your family, friends, and neighbors?

Acts 5.12-16 - The Apostles Perform Miraculous Signs and Wonders (NET) “Now many miraculous signs and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they were all meeting together in Solomon’s Portico. 13 None of the rest dared to join them, but the people held them in high honor. 14 More and more believers in the Lord were added to their number, crowds of both men and women. 15 Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets, and put them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow would fall on some of them. 16 A crowd of people from the towns around Jerusalem also came together, bringing the sick and those troubled by unclean spirits. They were all being healed.”

-Andrew Hill