and your plans will succeed.
I used to work at a Christian bookstore, and I have seen Proverbs 16:3 embossed, engraved, sewn, screen printed, and adhered to every imaginable office supply, article of clothing, and fgift item... However, exposure does not equal comprehension. So, what does it mean to commit our plans to the Lord?
For years I figured that there was no need to inquire of God for "trivial" matters. I figured that God had better things to do than order my day, act as a matchmaker, etc. Furthermore, he gave us a brain right? So use it?
Over time I learned that to be a foolish attitude.
Some of these lessons came painfully. Plans, or relationships that fell flat on their face. Consequences... but failure is an ample teacher. I began to see that there were no "trivial" matters. Indeed, the best laid plans are laid waste without the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
This mission to Haiti is something so far above my head that I have no choice but to rely completely upon the Lord's guidance. Complicating matters is that God can be pretty tight lipped from time to time... and sometimes for a long time. We cannot see the future, sometimes we cannot even see past our noses, but God sees the big picture. We have the horizon in our sights, but God has the Google Earth view.
So, since He knows, we hand it over to Him and wait.
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