The Five Minute Plan
Sometimes I think I would be able to make better decisions today if I had even the inkling of an idea of what the future might hold. I mean, wouldn’t it make sense to have some kind of a plan worked out in case of debilitating sickness, injury, death, economical collapse, hair loss, World War 3 or overwhelming success? Trouble is, Father doesn’t seem to go along with my reasoning. It suits him fine to keep tomorrow hidden while I learn to trust him for today.
It’s true that it’s written somewhere in scripture that each day has enough trouble of its own. But isn’t that all the more reason to have a back-up plan to handle tomorrow’s trouble quota? Guess not.
Ok, so don’t freak out on me now. I’m not implying that we’re not to be good stewards of whatever is entrusted to us. Or that Father frowns on the common sense plans that must be made on almost a daily basis. I’m sure there are times that he even helps some folks with a long term plan for what he’s revealed concerning certain things about the future. But it seems to me that for the most part, his plans and strategies unfold on an hourly and even minute by minute basis as we hold his hand, keep our ear to his heart and let him lead us through each day. Oh, he’ll drop some enticing hints about the future, but mostly he leaves out the particulars in case we get it in our brain to run ahead of him. Or maybe just because he likes to surprise us. I know that lots of ICs that had a 2 year, 5 year and 10 year plan have been surprised, because they weren’t around at the end of the ten years.
Anyway, most of my plans work for about five minutes. At least boredom is seldom a problem.
David F
Posted: July 23rd, 2008 under General.
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Jesus even references himself to the ’sign of Jonah’. The guy had it going on, and yet what’s so tragically lacking in Jonah’s story is any sense of fellowship with God. Sure, sure he has his epiphany in the fish, but come on who wouldn’t? Even the guys throwing him overboard found God. No, the guy was a grumpy old man from start to finish, despising God’s mercy and loving kindness.