Foiled Plans

Many are the times and ways that I rediscover the reality that God is in control. Eugene Peterson paraphrases Proverbs 19:21 with these words: "We humans keep brainstorming options and plans, but God's purpose prevails." In a way this reality can frustrate me. It frustrates me because I am human. Because I am human I like to make my plans. I like to put my creative forces (limited as they are) to work, and then to see the fruit of those efforts come to bear. Sometimes, though, the creative process gets derailed, and that can be both disappointing and frustrating…because I'm human.

I am once again taught, as well as humbled, by the proverb. God's purpose prevails. Though it goes without saying, I'll say it anyway: God's purpose is much more significant than mine. I may not understand what God may be up to, now if ever. Yet that is okay. I don't need to know what God is doing. It is just good for me to remember that God is doing. God is up to something good, and if that requires the disruption of my own plans and options, I suppose I'll be just fine. Thanks be to God that the Divine purpose always prevails.