I am a planner. I am most comfortable when I know days or sometimes weeks in advance of an event every last detail. I currently have four color coded calendars linked to my phone with each appointment filled out to include date, time, location and notes of the appointment. Even if I have been to the location many times in the past, I still fill in the address on the location line of my calendar entry - each time. If those calendars change or update too frequently, I become antsy, sometimes agitated.
My husband travels for work. Often. Sometimes I travel along. He books the flights, arranges the hotel and the rental car. He checks us in for the flights, downloads the boarding pass to my phone, makes dinner reservations, purchases any event tickets and takes care of all the details while we are on the road.
When we first began traveling together I would be concerned about all of these details. It has taken a few years to realize I don't have to know exactly where we are going, which rental car company is being used, where the hotel is located, who are we meeting for dinner, at what restaurant, what time and what address.
I don't have to know because my husband knows. He knows the plans. I just follow along and reap the benefits of his planning. I trust that my partner knows the details of the plan.
What if I treated God that way?
In the book of Jeremiah, the scripture tells us that God speaks, God warns, and He declares.
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
What if I focused on the first three words...."For I know" - God knows. He knows.
I don't have to know because my God knows. He knows the plans. I just follow along and reap the benefits of his planning. I trust that my savior knows the details of the plan.
That is enough for me.
