His Plan

To have a plan of action then fail to use it is pretty foolish - a real exercise in futility. Of course, to have no plan of action at all is pretty dumb, too! Scripture is filled with heroes and heroines who were just ready for ... whatever. Some, of course, needed a good kick-in-the-pants and required a little jump-start. Take Moses, for example: despite God appearing to him in a bush [that did not burn] and a staff [that became a snake then a staff again], he still argued that he wasn't a good speaker. Nonetheless, God had a plan and Moses was part of it. Our plans are important to us but God's plan supersedes our own. God told His people through the prophet Jeremiah: "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. (29:11 ESV). Our plans are based on finite knowledge and less-than-perfect wisdom. God's plans, however, are of complete knowledge and wisdom: "For we are [God's] workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." (Ephesians 2:10 ESV). The very best we can do is to be ready and willing when God's is accomplishing ... His plan!