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His Steps Are Better Than Your Plans

Scripture
A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.
(Proverbs 16:9)
Devotional
It is good to have a heart’s desire. God wishes to grant those desires. However, He will not do so if they will bring harm to us or fail to glorify His name. He loves us too much to do that.
The plans of the heart are not always the plans of the Lord. Proverbs 14:12 says, “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.”(1) There have been many instances in my life that I did not receive my heart’s desire because my heart’s desire was wrong. However, the longer I walk with the Lord the more my heart’s desires have changed. And, the more they change the more they are granted. It is a matter of alignment; my heart being in alignment with His will and desire for my life. Therefore, when you do not receive the desire of your heart, check out the motives of your heart. You will most likely find that God has directed your steps in a better way.

(1) Proverbs 14:12
Text For The Day
Proverbs 16:9: A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.
Thought For The Day
“The problem with many of us is that we are thin-skinned and hard-hearted, when we should be thick-skinned and tender-hearted.” Tony Foglio, Senior and Founding Pastor of Sonrise Community Church.
 
Questions To Ponder
 
Morning Study Guide
Defining:  Another approach of interpreting our text could be that God will grant us the plans of our hearts and then direct our steps that those plans may be achieved.
 
Referencing: “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the Lord upholds him with His hand,” Psalm 37:23-24.
 
Applying: Don’t trust your heart; trust the Lord. Remember, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?”