January
23, 2014
Proverbs
12:20 Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil but those who plan peace
have joy
“…plan
peace” I must admit that whenever I hear the word plan, I cringe. I’m not a
planner. My mind immediately runs to every good plan that I have had and failed
to accomplish. All the “grand ideas” that I wanted to fulfill but never did;
sadly this is a theme of my life that I’m not proud of for sure. Then I
happened to really read what this verse is saying. “…plan peace” well for sure
I never plan to have disturbance, I never plan on ending my day a screaming
maniac. I never plan on having to deal with the guilt of not being the mom,
teacher or wife I want to be. I don’t’ plan on any of that, but sometimes
that’s what happens. God’s word here is telling me that I need to plan peace.
The only sure path that I know of that leads to peace is God’s word. I need to
plan my day around God’s word. I need to meditate on it, hide it in the recesses
of my heart so that I can pull it out when I need it. I need to have a plan of
recognizing when I need to pull away from situations, people or events that
will bring out the worst in me. Maybe it’s not about the constant battle to “not
do something” as it is recognizing when I need to pull away and turn to God.
Those are the plans I need to make. Those are the plans that lead to joy.
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