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His Perfect Plan

Proverbs 16:9
“A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.”
We, as humans, tend to plan out our entire life without thinking twice that our life is not ours to plan. Never would I have thought that right now, I would be looking out at beautiful Lake Victoria on a small island in Uganda, Africa with eleven people I have never met before January. According to my plan, I would be sitting in a classroom at Lawrence Memorial Regional Hospital studying to become a nurse, but God is sovereign. Whether it is a career, drug, or relationship, distractions are how the enemy is able to keep me from the ams of the One who wants to give me the desires of my heart if only I would surrender them to Him. But oftentimes, I do not want to surrender because I think I can outdo God’s best. Then, when something so seemingly perfect does not work out, I question His promises when in the back of my mind I already know that He has asked me to wait. Therefore, I must heed the instruction He has given to me and be obedient because His plan really is always perfect and His ways really are always good. I must face the fact that I am incapable of outdoing God’s best because His best is exactly what I need, when I need it. Therefore, this does not mean that I will never become a nurse, wife, or mother, but I know now that when and if it does happen, it will happen in His perfect timing and not because of my own selfish desire. But for this season, the Lord has given me perfect peace because I know that I am centered in His perfect plan for my life. Of course, I still struggle everyday as I continue to plan ahead for what is to come once IGNITE has ended but the Lord is faithful to remind me that this life is not mine to plan and to let Him be the author of my story. 

Application
Today, I will write, “the Lord directs” on my arm as a reminder that He is the author of my story.

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