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The Joseph Series Part II: But I've Got a Good Plan!



 I love a good plan. Plans make me feel safe, and the adage "plans change" can go somewhere! People with the gift of administration get knocked down just like anyone else. We have our prisons and we may lay there weeping for a time. But eventually the problems of the prison beckon to us. Before we know it we're trying to make prison run more efficiently and effectively. (See Joseph's story in the book of Genesis) The problem with us administrators is that we don't magically become content because we're experiencing a measure of success. We of course begin to plan our way out of prison. This is where all planners must run into the harsh truth of Proverbs 16:9.



But why God? Why can't we plan and you cosign? Joseph had a great plan. God decided the timing was wrong. Plan shut down. The women on the way to the tomb on the very 1st Resurrection Sunday were trying to make a plan. They wondered how they would move the stone covering the tomb opening. (Mark 16:3) Thanks ladies, no stone rolling needed and no further anointing spices. 

The hard truth for us administrators is, we're not God. Sometimes our plan is unnecessary. Sometimes like Joseph, our plan throws off timing if it unfurls the way we desire. Sometimes our plan is totally out of alignment with what God is doing. ::cough Sarah cough Abraham cough:: As my former therapist said, "stop trying to figure out what God is doing." 

But if I am not planning, then what am I supposed to be doing? And this is when the Holy Spirit beckons us to rest. 

Now how can I plan to do that? 😉


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