Is My Plan the Best?

Before each game, my coach would announce his “path to victory” to defeat our opponent. He created this path based on our skill sets and the other team’s. He would study how they played and come up with a game plan on how we could beat them. On paper, His path to victory always made sense, but in reality, we rarely won by following the path. There were too many unknowns in each game that no one could account for. Even though we might have pulled out a win, it never quite looked like the coach’s path.

A well-planned path is not the problem; it’s when we choose to stick to the path we create and don’t allow God to change it. We can have a plan for how we desire our lives to be, but what happens when we refuse to let go of it and trust that God is in control? When we refuse to let go of control, we miss out on an even better path that God has for us.

Sometimes, we get scared to let go of our perfect plan and surrender our desires and hearts to the will of God. We are afraid because we would rather feel confident than walk into an unknown season of life where God might be leading us. Have you ever thought that maybe God wants a “yes” from you and not a plan? Maybe He desires your trust more than your help in constructing His plan.

Life rarely ever goes to plan; if it does, you should check whether you are holding too tightly to your plan and not leaving room for the Spirit to move you in a different direction. God’s plan is always better than ours; we must wait and trust that what God has for us is far beyond anything we can create.