I've been thinking about the future a lot recently. Who will I be? Who does God want me to be? What will I do? What does God want me to do? Which are my ideas and which are God's ideas? How do I tell the difference? How do my plans tie in with God's?

"I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to benefit you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." (Jeremiah 29:11)

God has a plan for my life — and it's a good one.

The Lord's plans will stand forever; his ideas will last through all generations (Psalm 33:11).

His plan for me will be carried out, along with all his other plans.

People make all kinds of plans but it's the Lord's plan which will happen. (Proverbs 19:21)

My plans fail and change but God's never do.

People plan a course in their minds but the Lord determines their steps. (Proverbs 16:9)

I may decide on a route but even if I get it wrong, I can't mess up God's purposes.

Commit whatever you do to the Lord and your plans will succeed. (Proverbs 16:3)

True success is God's success. If I humbly submit to what God says then I won't muck up because my plans will be God's plans and God's plans never fail. God is in it for his glory. So am I.