So, who is planning your next trip? When my family takes a trip I am usually the one making the plan. I research and suggest the place and often make the reservations. Before GPS I would study maps and make a preliminary route plan. And, oh yeah, I also do most of the packing. By the time we head out the door I am usually exhausted and ready to just ride for a while.

One year we planned a family trip that included some good friends who were like family. They had been so generous to us that we wanted to bless them. I had done all the planning for a beach trip to Delaware. None of us had ever been there before and I felt responsible for making sure that everyone had a good time. The first night, after we traveled six hours, we were all tired and hungry as we began the search for a place to eat. I felt so stressed! What if we couldn't find a good place? It would be all MY fault!

I realized that the way I was feeling was not what God wanted for me. Even though I had planned the trip, the outcome was up to God, not me. After a while we found a cute little place off the beaten path. It wasn't crowded like every other place we had passed and the food turned out to be terrific! Not only that, there were Scriptures posted on the wall...of a local restaurant! But the sign I remember most read: "Fast food isn't good. Good food isn't fast." This past summer Tom and I went back to the same town and found the same place. That sign was the one that let me know we'd found it.

That whole experience helped me to learn that even though I make the plan, God is the one who guides the trip. I ended up in a place i hadn't planned and was blessed. That has happened time after time in my life as I have taken a step back, released control and given God my YES.

So...where will YOUR yes take YOU?

Key Thought: If you want to fulfill God's purpose for your life, then you need to let Him plan the journey.

A Scripture to consider:

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."

A YES challenge: Where do you need to just say YES and let God take you where He wants you to go?

Prayer: Lord, forgive me for trying to get You to follow my plan instead of saying yes to yours. I've tried so hard to make my plans happen that I have often left you out of the picture. I have let my fear and pride crowd you out. I've kept my world safe so that I could feel like I am in control. Today I choose You and Your plan over my own. Take me where You want me to go. I am all Yours. Amen.