Plans and Steps

Proverbs 16:9:
“A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.”

Plan all you want … and you should … but hold the plan loosely. This verse doesn’t discourage planning; it puts planning in its proper place, underneath God’s sovereignty over the actual steps you end up taking.
If your plans have been disrupted lately, this verse offers a different lens: maybe it’s not failure, it’s redirection. The heart devises; the Lord directs. Both are true, and neither cancels the other out.

Prayer: God, I’ll keep planning, but I release the outcome to You. Direct my steps even when they differ from my plans. Amen.