Inspirational: DIRECTIONS

Daily Inspirational Encouragement

DIRECTIONS

By: Linda Kirby/WGON with excerpts by Kristine Brown

When the plans we’ve made in life change course, our feelings can also change. We trade our excitement and anticipation for dread or discouragement. But even in the hardest situations, God will offer blessings in the most unexpected ways.

Proverbs 16:9 tells us, “In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.”

Planning is important. The ability to chart a course for our future is a gift from God. We set goals and hold onto dreams, hoping one day we will be able to say we reached them. Yet so many times God will guide us in a new direction. One we never expected. God knows the beginning from the end and He knows that the way He leads us is better for us and will bring us more happiness, than the plan we had.

The steps he establishes for us may take us somewhere we never intended for ourselves. They may even take us somewhere we don’t want to go. But we can be sure of this; God will put us where we will be better off or where we can do a work for Him. If we trust in His plan, we will end up in a much better place. Jeremiah 29:11--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.