“Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.”
– Proverbs 19:21
Perhaps this should be the theme verse for 2020! No doubt everyone reading this post had very different plans for this year than God did. We have been taught a valuable lesson in how little control we actually have over our lives!
The encouragement of Scripture is that while plans change endlessly, God’s purpose does not! We have all learned to plan, re-plan, and re-re-plan this year. However, as we make and change plans, let us never lose sight of the purposes of God that remain before us: to make disciples, to proclaim the Gospel, to glorify God, to love God, our neighbors, and each other, and to shine the light of Christ by our good deeds!