It’s Going According to Plan

It’s been a whole new ball game entirely, the past few months. Quite the ride I must say. I’m absolutely having a great time in my new life but it’s a little tough sometimes. You know how getting back into the whole school routine can be after you’ve been out in the labor force for years. I used to be concerned with client reports and risk consulting and IDEA scripts and assessing process controls. Now I have these things called assignments and pre-class readings and study groups and exams and networking, add study plan. What are those, anyone? Did I also mention that I have an 18-month-old? My sweet boy is growing fast. *I digress.

You know, it occurred to me one day that some things happen to us in life and we don’t know why they do until some other things happen later, then it all begins to make sense. The way God orchestrates our lives, the way everything works together, it all just amazes me. I am a planner and if I could, I would plan my whole life for example pick exact dates and time of the day that I’ll be having Caesar salad with my grandchild in 38 years’ time. But I couldn’t. I am learning to trust God’s plan for my life. This time last year, I think I had a different view of what I’d be doing this year. I had plans. But things didn’t go according to plan, at least not mine. But guess what? I love the way things are going right now. Things are going according to God’s plan. And that means that things are perfect. Because, nothing happens to the child of God by mistake.

I have found that life is so much easier when we let God take the wheels of our lives, it just takes the pressure away. I mean, I know that I am responsible for the choices I make in life and I have a personal duty to strive for decisions that will make me better. And that’s the most important part for me. Doing my part. Putting in that effort. Being hardworking. Not being slothful. Instead, being fervent. When I am convinced in my spirit that I am doing these and things still don’t go according to my plan, I am rest assured that it’s not because I was lazy. It’s not because I didn’t try hard enough. It’s because it wasn’t God’s will for me at the time.

I’m still a planning advocate and I think it’s really good to have a plan and work towards that plan because if you never tried anything, there would be nothing for God to bless. And as long as we’re on this earth, we’re going to need to do whatever it is that people on earth do to earn an honest living and thrive. So, by all means, aspire to attain the peak of your career, go to school, impact lives, water the grass where you’re at, do your best where you find yourself. But know that things won’t always work out the way you plan. And don’t beat yourself up about it. Instead, enjoy the process. That being said, why can’t we just lay in bed all year since it’s all going to go God’s way anyway? Answer: God don’t bless lazy. The law of reaping and sowing is a natural earth law, you don’t even have to believe in God to be bound by that law. So, if you’ve been hardworking, you do deserve to reap the fruits of your diligence and if you’ve been lazy, you already know what’s up too.

Two questions I always ask myself. One, did I do my best? Two, did I ask God to take control of the situation a.k.a ‘not my will but yours be done’? If I can answer ‘yes’ to both questions, I’m good. I can go to bed without worries, honestly. Because then, I know that it’s not my fault when that situation doesn’t go to plan. Keeping this in mind also helps me to not tight the world to my chest, you get? For me, nothing is a do or die affair as long as I’ve done my part. There’s such a calm that comes with resting in God’s will and plan. Sweet beautiful peace of God.

So, relax. By relax, I mean do your best and watch your life play out the way it should. *inserts primary school rhymes: do your best and leave the rest*. If you’re at a season where everything just seems to not be working out and you know that you’re being diligent and you’re also in good standing with God, be rest assured that it’s all going to plan. Our life stories are still being written. I will continue to be diligent; I will do my best to get to where I believe God is calling me to be, and if I do find detours on my way, glory be to God all the same. Because I know that everything is going according to PLAN!

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