Proverbs 19:21 - Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is ...

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight” (Prov. 3:5–6).

Proverbs tells us, “The one who blesses others is abundantly blessed; those who help others are helped.”12 Those who pass along insights get more from God.

we often go about our planning as if it were just any other activity. But the Scriptures teach that to make plans without acknowledging God is not just wrong but arrogant (James 4:13 – 17).

Trusting that God has a good plan for us, and that our steps are ordered by Him, is the key to preventing disappointment from turning into despair. A man’s mind plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps and makes them sure. (Proverbs 16:9)

In sum, here it is not human planning but what God wills that drives well have had a plan to go to Asia, to take the response. Paul may gospel to the end of the earth. Stott (1990: 261) speaks of the elements that often characterize divine guidance here: God's use of a period of time, the circumstances of open and closed doors, pondering what was t