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Plan, Prepare, Build
Proverbs 24:27
“Do your planning and prepare your fields before
building your house.”
God's order bears fruit. God's way brings about dynamic results. Doing what God says implies trust in Him and His Word. Let us all take heed and employ this direction to our lives as much as we are able.
Plan - a detailed proposal for doing or achieving
something; an intention or decision about what one is going to do; decide on
and arrange in advance; a set of intended actions, usually mutually related,
through which one expects to achieve a goal.
Summary: Futuristic, Vision, Mission, Goal
Not only must we make our plans, we must revisit them periodically to have them germinate within us. Write them to keep them visible. Anything that you intend to do must have some sort of plan, informal or formal.
Prepare - make something ready for use or
consideration; to work out details; to put together; to produce or make by
combining elements; to synthesize, compound. Includes training, research, observations, and practicing.
Summary: Readiness, Positioning
Get ready; make the the plan ready for the possible. If someone comes your way with a need for what you have planned, preparation makes it/you ready!
Build - construct something by putting it
together over a period of time; to develop according to a systematic plan, by a
definite process, or a particular base. Doing the plan you have prepared for.
Summary: Strategic intentional implementation
The manifestation of all the planning and preparing has come. It may seem as a whirlwind full of continual activity or a slow, step, by step plodding. Eventually, what you only visualized has become a reality doing or being what you planned and prepared.
Proverbs 16:9
“We can make our plans,
but the LORD determines our steps.” NLT
“In their hearts humans plan
their course, but the LORD establishes their steps.” NIV
It is of utmost
importance to listen to the Holy Spirit and to ponder what He says before
building. During planning and preparation, we have opportunity to make
adjustments according to God’s direction before the actual building process. It
can come through the process of doing/trial and error, advice from others, or
His still small voice. Building may not look exactly like the vision (plan) but
will come out the way God ordained. To build, tenacity, faith, and patience are
necessary to maintain a godly composure and to keep moving forward with the
plan that He has prepared you for and has released you to implement! Walk by faith and not by sight throughout the process, this means trust God no matter what it looks like!
Proverbs 3: 5,6
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not
depend on your own understanding.
Seek his will in all you do, and he will show
you which path to take.” NLT
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your
own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.”
NKJV
Rosalind Caldwell Stanley October 2018
