Calvary Missions Team with Members of Iglesia Vida Nueva, Zihuatanejo, Mexico
God’s Plans are Better than Mine
Proverbs 16:9 says, “The heart of a man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.” I experienced this truth first-hand, while traveling for our recent mission trip to Mexico. Here’s what I wrote on Calvary’s short-term mission’s blog about this experience:
On Tuesday, July 5, sitting on the tarmac in Atlanta, waiting for takeoff, I began to sense that God had different plans than what we had originally designed. Don’t think I’m a prophet or son of a prophet, I can just read a watch! Every time the pilot spoke through intercom to the cabin, our departure time was further delayed, and each time, I looked at my seat-mates Jeff and Gwen Wiggs, and smiled, saying, “God may have a different idea about this than we do.” As it became abundantly clear we were unlikely to make our connecting flight from Mexico City to Zihuatanejo, I started thinking about Acts 16:6-10, where the author tells us that the apostle Paul’s mission team was prevented by the Spirit to speak the Word in Asia and Bithynia, and instead, Paul receives a midnight vision compelling him to go to Macedonia. I wondered, “What is God up to?”
