Adaptability is an important thing in life. We can’t always just follow the plans in hand under all circumstances. Things change while we’re in motion.
I thought about this while watching the Super Bowl on Sunday. Of course everyone knows about what happened in the final minutes. The Seahawks called for a passing play on a 1st and goal. This baffled everyone. Apparently the reason this play was run is that protocol calls for 1 pass play in that situation. Common wisdom dictates that running the ball would have been the better option in that scenario. So, apparently that’s an example of not adapting your plans to the circumstances. If that had happened it’s very likely the Seahawks would have won.
I wonder sometimes how many times we might be clinging so tightly to our well-laid plans that we don’t allow for any change or adaptations to them. I know this can be really easy for me to do. I exhibit some characteristics of OCD myself. So, I really like a rigid well-laid out plan for me to follow. No surprises, thank you. I think I’ve never really liked surprises. Not even good ones. Probably because it threw me out of my comfort zone. I like knowing what to expect and when to expect it. The reality is, that’s just not how life works.
We often run into snags, or bumps in the road. For example, you may plan on flying home for Christmas, but then your vehicle dies on the way to the airport. This actually happened to me one year. So, what happened? Well, unfortunately I didn’t make it home for Christmas that year. In fact I had difficulty just making it back to my home. My alternator went bad. So, I had to stop at a Chevy dealership and charge my battery. I had to make it home on just battery power alone. And I barely made it. So, it’s times like these where we have to learn to adapt our game plan. The situation at hand is the one you have to deal with, not an alternative scenario. You can sit and wonder why it’s happening, but it doesn’t do any good.
Often times these things can seem overwhelming. They usually only seem that way, though. I remember, in the situation I described above, thinking that there was no sense in worrying because I was going to get home one way or another. It was kind of unusual for me. I was able to kind of step outside of the situation. I remember thinking that someday I would look back on it as an amusing experience. It was one of those times that I didn’t give in to my tendency to worry. And I did make it home. The details aren’t really necessary. I’ll just say that I learned some things from it. If only how to step outside the situation and be able to see the big picture.
AV Proverbs 16:9 says, “A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.” I like this verse in Proverbs. It reminds me that even when circumstances change in my life, God is still there guiding and directing my path. I don’t have to worry because I know He has the big picture in mind and the situation in His hands.
I think this is why it’s so important that we look to God for guidance and direction in our lives. See, He knows the end from the beginning. He knows best how to guide and direct us and the best path to get us to our destination. David expresses his confidence in God in AV Psalms 16:10: “For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.” Ultimately, God won’t let us fail when we are properly looking to Him. If we have a faithful and confident heart trusting in Him, He will sustain us.
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I was reminded of this example in Acts of where Paul and Timothy were going to various cities and preaching the Word. They were planning to travel into Asia. In AV Acts 16:7 it says, “After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.” Sometimes God will, Himself, change our plans. We may plan to go one direction, but He may lead us with His Spirit in a different direction. We just need to be open to His leading.
AV Jeremiah 10:23 says, “O LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps.” Jeremiah, here, alludes to our ultimate dependence on God. He points to our ineptness in our ability to guide our own endeavors. Only God has the ability to do that. He is the only one who can properly guide our steps. Whether we realize it or not, it’s an unchanging truth of God.
Ultimately, the reason we can count on Him in the midst of changing circumstances is because He doesn’t change. AV Malachi 3:6 says, “For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.” God is an unchanging figure. This is the reason we don’t have to fear. This is the reason why we can trust Him. His mercies are new every morning and we know He has a plan for us, if we choose to follow it.
AV Proverbs 16:9 says, “A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.”
AV Psalms 16:10: “For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.”
AV Acts 16:7 it says, “After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.”
AV Jeremiah 10:23 says, “O LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps.”
AV Malachi 3:6 says, “For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.”