Planejamento
O planejamento é sábio, mas deve sempre se submeter à vontade de Deus. A Bíblia ensina que devemos planejar com prudência, mas confiar que Deus dirige nossos passos.
Planejar com sabedoria
Contar nossos dias nos ensina a ter coração sábio. O planejamento prudente é elogiado na Escritura como expressão de bom senso.
12 To number our days aright let [us] know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.
28 For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expense, whether he have the things for completing?
22 Without counsel [is] the making void of purposes, And in a multitude of counsellors it is established.
3 Roll unto Jehovah thy works, And established are thy purposes,
4 Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.
Deus dirige os passos
O coração do homem planeja, mas a resposta certa vem do Senhor. Seus caminhos são mais altos que os nossos, e seus planos prevalecem.
9 The heart of man deviseth his way, And Jehovah establisheth his step.
21 Many [are] the purposes in a mans heart, And the counsel of Jehovah it standeth.
8 For not My thoughts [are] your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, -- an affirmation of Jehovah,
9 For high have the heavens been above the earth, So high have been My ways above your ways, And My thoughts above your thoughts.
29 Even this from Jehovah of Hosts hath gone out, He hath made counsel wonderful, He hath made wisdom great!
Confiança no plano de Deus
Os planos do Senhor são de paz e esperança. Ele revela seus segredos aos seus servos e guia com fidelidade cada caminho confiado a Ele.
11 For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you -- an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.
7 For the Lord Jehovah doth nothing, Except He hath revealed His counsel unto His servants the prophets.
4 He doth give to thee according to thy heart, And all thy counsel doth fulfil.
8 Cause me to hear in the morning Thy kindness, For in Thee I have trusted, Cause me to know the way that I go, For unto Thee I have lifted up my soul.
1 To everything -- a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:
10 but to us did God reveal [them] through His Spirit, for the Spirit all things doth search, even the depths of God,
31 Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.32 For an abomination to Jehovah [is] the perverted, And with the upright [is] His secret counsel.