Trusting God's Plan
When his ways aren't yours.
Surrendering your need to understand.
The big idea
God's higher ways don't always make sense from here — and that's okay.
What does “Trusting God's Plan” walk through?
Higher Ways
Isaiah 55:9 · KJV
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways.
In plain English
My ways are as far above yours as the sky is above the ground. Trust me with what you don't yet understand.
Above Our Understanding
You don't have to understand the plan to trust the Planner.
Delight First
Psalm 37:4 · KJV
Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
In plain English
Find your joy in God first. Then watch how your wants reorder.
Delight Reorders Desire
As you delight in God, he reshapes what your heart wants.
Pray
Lord, I don't see the whole picture. I trust you anyway. Amen.
Write it down
What are you trying to figure out that you can entrust to God?
You finished: Trusting God's Plan
You can't see the whole staircase. Take the next step.
Which passages does this journey use?
2 passages, drawn from Isaiah 55:9, Psalm 37:4. Every verse appears here in the King James text with a plain-English line beside it, so you can read it without a commentary open. Allow about 5 minutes for the whole thing, or 5 short sittings.
- Isaiah 55:9
- Psalm 37:4
Read any of these in full on the complete KJV, or look the wording up independently at Blue Letter Bible.
More in Scripture Themes
All Scripture Themes →When Worry Won't Quit
Trading anxiety for trust.
A Grateful Heart
Counting gifts, not gaps.
Following Jesus
What it means to come after him.
The Upside-Down Kingdom
Blessings the world overlooks.
Who Is My Neighbor
Mercy that crosses the road.
How Jesus Taught Us to Pray
A pattern for honest prayer.