How many of you are planners, like me? We know we can’t plan our whole lives, and we know we aren’t in charge, but we still get irritated when our lives don’t go as planned. We know we aren’t in charge, but still we try to put our plans ahead of God’s plans, even when we know his ways are best.

The Bible has a lot to say about plans. There’s Jeremiah 29:11, which you probably have heard preached on graduate recognition Sunday.

God has plans for us, and in fact, his plans are greater than any plans we will ever make. Even though we are conscious of this fact, it doesn’t stop us from trying to plan our own course.

Proverbs 19:21 says this about making our own plans.

We can make all the plans we want, but ultimately what God wants for us will win. So why is it so hard for us to just let go and let God?

I think if I had to choose a word for 2019, I’d choose a phrase: let go. There are many struggles of which I need to let go of at the moment, but more than that, I need to let go of my tendency to control everything and let God handle it.

If we trust in Him and we know he has a plan for us, why do we struggle so hard with letting go and letting God?

Please pray for me to let go of my own will and trust in Him this year.

Have a wonderful week.