Lately, as I journey life with younger Christians, I tell them to plan but don’t depend so much on the plan.
Whether it is finding a relationship, getting married, or having kids, finding the right job or making more money, it is easy to assume that we got these things will make us happier, safer, or more satisfied. So what do we do? We plan and see how we can get these things.
The reality is that we don’t know what the future holds, and our plan will have results not what we expected.
It is an idol when our plan doesn’t have God in it, or we don’t surrender our plan to God. It is why the man who built the bigger barn is called foolish. He thought because of his riches, and God was not in the picture, his life was all set.
It is not wrong to plan. But we must hold on to our plan loosely, surrender it to God and let Him be the one who guides us.
The Painful Tension Between Ministry and Family
There was a season when Wai Jia and I attended a missions conference with our two-year-old and our baby. We have always loved missions, so being there stirred something in me again. I remember sitting in that environment and feeling the old desire rise up in my heart. I wanted
April 1, 2026
