We all have plans. There are large plans such as going to university, having a family, or getting a job, and there’s also smaller plans such as hanging out with friends, going shopping, or making pasta for dinner. In our mind, most of us have some idea for our future whether it’s ten minutes from now or ten years from now.

So why should we trust God? And how can we do it?

The importance of trusting God’s plan (even if it doesn’t align with our plan).

Proverbs 19:21 says “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.”

Trusting God’s plan can be difficult when there is so much unknown. If there’s one thing we learned throughout life, it’s that God’s plans are always greater than my own. Sometimes God gives what we didn’t know we needed.

Proverbs 3:5-6 says, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.”

When we focus on the past, the routines we’re familiar with, it won’t be long before we start complaining about our present situation. We always tend to remember the green grass in the sun from time past rather than the entire picture painted with the good and the bad, the easy and the challenging.
Ultimately, God doesn’t want us to run from our fears. He wants us to attack them. He is there to help us with our choices but not to make them for us. When we move forward in faith — we glorify God. When we hide from forward progress, we also hide from God.
Whatever the decision we need to make, it needs to include God’s wisdom. God’s word and love is a lamp for our feet. His light not only lights the path for our first steps, but for each step until when we reach the end of the trail.