Scripture Verses for Planning for the Future
We consistently plan for the future especially at the beginning of a new year. We make resolutions to change our lives and positively work towards achieving our dreams. It's good to plan but how can our plans be godly or biblical? Are believers to make plans for their lives or wait to see the Lord’s plans unfold for them?
Some believers are scared of planning for the future because they feel planning may not allow them to walk by faith. However is it biblical not to plan? What does the Bible say about planning for the future?
It's very important to plan for the future because our God is a God who plans and executes His plans. Look at creation, it started with planning. He didn't randomly create but followed a pattern. When the creation process was interrupted by man's disobedience, He planned and brought in the redemptive plan. It took Him thousands of years to prepare man and bring him to a point where he could accept and understand His redemptive work.
So as you plan for the future, here are some scripture verses on making plans for the future.
Luke 14:28-31, WEB
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to build, and wasn’t able to finish.’ Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
Proverbs 16:3, ISV
Entrust your work to the LORD, and your planning will succeed.
Proverbs 15:22, WEB
Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.
Proverbs 27:23, WEB
Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds
Proverbs 21:5, WEB
The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
Proverbs 6:6-8, WEB
Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
Proverbs 28:19, NET
The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.
Learn from the ant and strategically plan for the future. Count the cost of your plans and be willing to pay the price to achieve your dreams. Just making plans and not working to fulfil them defeats the purpose of planning. I pray that these scriptures encourage you to make the sacrifices that are required to make your dreams become a reality.
After you're done planning, pray and commit your plans to the Lord. It is God who establishes all plans and gives wisdom.
What are your plans for the future? Let’s share and hold each other accountable.
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