GOD'S DOING
PROVERBS 16:9 (MSG)
We plan the way we want to live,
but only God makes us able to live it.
2 CORINTHIANS 3:5 (NLT)
We don’t have the right to claim that we have done anything on our own. God gives us what it takes to do all that we do.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Since ultimately it's all God's doing, it's wise to line up with him.
PRAYER
All-powerful God, it's good to know that the world isn't spinning out of control. In spite of the chaos you are working out your plan. Forgive my near-sightedness and the anxiety that comes with it. Expand my vision -- and my faith. I'm going to move forward trusting that through Christ Jesus you are working out all the details. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
