Your Plan or God's Plan

[ ] 1. If you are planning for failure, it is definitely not God's plan, because God plans for success.

Joshua 1:8 "This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.”

[ ] 2. If your are simply planning your own plan, it is most likely not God's plan because God needs to be involved.

Proverbs19:21 "There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand."

Isaiah 55:9 "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."

Proverbs19:21 "There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand."

Isaiah 55:9 "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."

[ ] 3. If your plan includes laziness on your part, it is not God's plan, because you are to be diligent is doing God’s work.

Proverbs 13:4. "The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat."

Proverbs 29:18 "Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he."

[ ] 5. If you must accomplish your plan immediately, it is probably not God's plan, because most of the time, success comes over a span of time.

Proverbs 21:5. "The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want."

[ ] 6. If your plan involves deceit on your part, it is not God's plan, because God’s plan includes living a righteous life.

Proverbs 11:18. "The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward."

[ ] 7. If your plan includes only you, it is probably not God's plan because God’s plan is for an anointing that involves and ministers to others.

Psalms 133:1-3 "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore."

[ ] 8. If your plan is filled with pride, it is not God's plan, because God’s plan is based upon your humility.

Proverbs 11:2 "When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom."

I Peter 5:6 “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.”

[ ] 9. If your plan involves no counsel from others, it may not God's plan because God’s plan for you usually is to receive counsel from others.

Proverbs 15:22. "Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established."

[ ] 10. If your plan is self-deceptive (eyes closed), it is not God's plan because God’s plan is for you is to keep our eyes open.

[ ] 11. If your plan does not include wise men, it is probably not God's plan because God’s plan often means that you should fellowship with wise men.

Proverbs 13:20 "He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed."

[ ] 12. If your plan does not include giving to others, it is probably not God's plan because God’s plan is for you to give to others of what God has given to you.

Proverbs 11:25 "The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself."

[ ] 13. If your plan involves evil, it is not God's plan because God’s plan involves your seeking after good.

Proverbs 11:27 "He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him."

[ ] 14. If your plan is a selfish plan, it is not God's plan because God’s plan is for you to minister to others.

[ ] 15. If your plan is to be fulfilled by your own will power or natural abilities, it is probably not God's plan because God’s plan means that you are to depend upon God’s grace (His will and His power) to accomplish His plan in your life.

Proverbs 21:5. "The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want."

[ ] 16. If your plan includes your haughtiness (looking down on others), it is not God's plan because God’s plan will come through your humility.

Proverbs 18 12 “Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.”

Proverbs 22 4 “By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.”

[ ] 17. If your plan can be destroyed by the actions of others, it is probably not God's plan because if God is for you, then no man can stop God’s plan.

Psalms 33:10-11 “The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.”

Romans 8:31 “What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?”

[ ] 18. If you are planning somebody else's plan, it is probably not God's plan because God wants the plan that He has fitted for you.

Proverbs 16 3 “Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.”

Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”

[ ] 19. If your plan involves only the minimum effort and no faith, it is probably not God’s plan because God’s plan requires faith to go beyond what is expected.

Luke 17:10 “So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.”

Hebrews 11:6 “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”

[ ] 20. If your plan does not require hearing from God, it is not God’s plan because God’s plan requires that we hear and obey His voice.

Jeremiah 33:3 “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.”

John 10:27 “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”

Jonah 3:1-2 “And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.”

Lamentations 3:22-23 “This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.”