In the midst of making decisions and setting goals, the Bible encourages believers to seek God's guidance and wisdom. According to Proverbs, committing plans to the Lord and trusting in His sovereignty is essential, as He directs the steps of the righteous. James warns against presumptuous planning, emphasizing the importance of acknowledging God's ultimate control over the future. By seeking divine wisdom, as Proverbs also advises, and trusting in God's good plans, as expressed in Jeremiah, believers can navigate life's uncertainties with confidence and faith.
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Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.” You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil. Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?
I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.