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Tuesday... Yes, I know what I am doing.


Proverbs 16:1 (NLT), "We can make our own plans, but the Lord gives the right answer."

Yes, I know what I am doing.

At least, I hope I do.

Do you have it all planned out? Do you really know what you are doing?

Last year at this time, my wife, Margaret and I had a plan. We had it all laid out. Yes, we're old, Yes, we have experience and yes we have confidence. But we can't see one second ahead of us.

There are many reasons why I am a Christian but this is one of the great benefits and this is one of the great teachings. Proverbs 16:1 (NLT) is one of the great principles to live by. It says, "We can make our own plans, but the Lord gives the right answer."


Now verses 2-3 (AMP) says, "All the ways of a man are clean and innocent in his own eyes [and he may see nothing wrong with his actions], but the Lord weighs and examines the motives and intents [of the heart and knows the truth]. Commit your works to the Lord [submit and trust them to Him], and your plans will succeed [if you respond to His will and guidance]." And that is such an important if.

Last year we took a major action. We believed it was the right answer and that it came from God. Now it was the right answer but for the wrong reason. God knew what was ahead and He knew what we needed to do, we just didn't know the why.

Verses 1-3 in The Message says, "Mortals make elaborate pans, but God has the last word. Humans are satisfied with whatever looks good; God probes for what is good. Put God in charge of your work, then what you've planned will take place." And we have found that to be so true. God knows what we are doing and He knows what He is doing.

Are you in the middle of making a very important plan? Have you really, really put God in charge or are you doing what seems to really make sense to you?

Yes it is amazing what God did in our lives this past year but the reason was totally different from why we did it. The reason why we did it is still there but we didn't know was coming and it was taken care of. You see, "the Lord weighs and examines the motives and intents [of the heart and knows the truth]." Listen "Put God in charge of your work." Listen, "the Lord gives the right answer."

Yes, God worked through our plan for His reason. It didn't solve what we were doing it for but it took care of an unknown.

David writes in Psalm 16:9-11 (MSG), "I'm happy from the inside out, and from the outside in, I'm firmly formed. You canceled my ticket to hell - that's not my destination! Now you've got my feet on the life path, all radiant from the shining of your face. Ever since you took my hand, I'm on the right way."

Now I know what I am doing because "the Lord gives the right answer." Yes, "Ever since you took my hand, I'm on the right way." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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