1 Chron 14:13-16
Then the Philistines once again made a raid on the valley. 14 Therefore David inquired again of God, and God said to him, "You shall not go up after them; circle around them, and come upon them in front of the mulberry trees. 15 And it shall be, when you hear a sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall go out to battle, for God has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines." 16 So David did as God commanded him, and they drove back the army of the Philistines from Gibeon as far as Gezer.
I know what your Resolution should be in 2017 – “I Resolve to Fail”
You know what you want, but you don’t have a plan to get it
If you’re failing to plan, then you’re planning to fail
Most of you live in survivor mode – live day to day
Learned how to handle what’s in front of you
Have no real plans for your life, except may a vacation or a big purchase
Many have O’Jay-itis – Living for the Weekend
Most people don’t plan past their next pay check
The farthest out you’ve planned is how to spend the Income Tax Return
Lack vision
Where there is no vision, the people perish. Prov 29:18
If you do not have a plan for your life, then other people will make plans for you
Their plan for your life is to make them successful
You do live more by other people’s plans than your own
They tell you when to come and when to go
When you make your own plans what do you plan to do?
Nothing, or clean
Turn the TV off
Stop watching other people succeed
& start working a plan for your success
Log off FaceBook & Snap Chat
Create something instead of being absorbed in other people’s lack of creativity
Put the broom down & pick up a pen and start planning for your life
Spend your energy planning & creating your own success
Stop living in survival mode and start living in success mode
The church has been complicit in your Failing to Plan:
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Matt 6:34 KJV
- Don’t have anxiety about tomorrow, don’t worry about what hasn’t happened
James 4:13-16
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit"; 15 Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that."
16 But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
Jer 29:11. 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.
God has plans for you – you need some for yourself
Stop sittin’ around just wishing & hoping
For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it? Luke 14:28 NLT
We expect God to send miracles instead of us having a plan
When the prophet told the king that the enemy was coming, this was his counsel:
1 Kings 20:22. "Go, strengthen yourself and observe and see what you have to do”
Make plans
David vs Philistines
When you plan, you give God something to bless
Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. Prov 16:3
Time is the most precious thing we have…
We always want more, but what do we do with the time we have?
When someone dies, we want to know how old they were
Do you have a plan for your time?
Ps 90:12. So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Stop doing things at the last minute
It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark! Gen 6:11-15 NIV
Do you have a plan for your money?
Other than just to spend it?
The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty. Prov 21:5
Rely more on chance more than planning
How many hope to win the lottery? Have you bought a lottery ticket?
Everything is based on Hope, not action
2 Kings 4:1-7. Prophet gives the widow a Plan
2017 Resolve to Plan
Then work your plan daily
You’ll be surprised by how things will fall into place
Give God something to bless
May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed. Ps 20:4