Verse of the Day for May 6

Proverbs never tells you to stop planning. A man's heart deviseth his way is simply a description, and there is no rebuke in it. Planning is part of being made by a God who plans.

But look at the two different sizes in the verse. The man devises a way. The LORD directs steps. We think in roads and destinations. God works in footfalls.

That is why plans change and purpose does not. The road you drew may bend. The job may fall through, the visa may be refused, the wedding date may move. Yet each step on the bent road is still directed.

Verse eight sits just before it like a guard at the gate. Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. When plans collapse, the temptation is to grab the shortcut. The proverb says a smaller life lived honestly is the better one.

Maybe you are on a bus home from an interview that did not go your way, already rewriting the plan in your head. Rewrite it. Just hold the pencil loosely, and expect the next step to be given rather than forced.

A changed plan is not a lost purpose.

Choose the honest little over the dishonest much.