- Commit your actions to the Lord,
and your plans will succeed. - But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it?
- “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”
- We can make our plans,
but the Lord determines our steps. - May he grant your heart’s desires
and make all your plans succeed. - Plans go wrong for lack of advice;
many advisers bring success. - You can make many plans,
but the Lord’s purpose will prevail. - Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning,
for I am trusting you.
Show me where to walk,
for I give myself to you. - For everything there is a season,
a time for every activity under heaven. - “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord.
“And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.” - Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich.
Be wise enough to know when to quit. - Teach us to realize the brevity of life,
so that we may grow in wisdom. - For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so my ways are higher than your ways
and my thoughts higher than your thoughts. - The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is a wonderful teacher,
and he gives the farmer great wisdom. - But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets.
- Don’t envy violent people
or copy their ways.
Such wicked people are detestable to the Lord,
but he offers his friendship to the godly. - Indeed, the Sovereign Lord never does anything
until he reveals his plans to his servants the prophets.
I can never escape from your Spirit!
I can never get away from your presence!
If I go up to heaven, you are there;
if I go down to the grave, you are there. If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing.Next verse!With image