My Five Year Plan

Once I had my life all planned out step by step. I even thought it was God's will. The truth is I was "in" God's will, but what I was doing didn't matter, it was all still "my" plan. I just didn't know God was taking me somewhere else. Later God would knock down all my misconceptions about his call on my life, what I thought ministry was, and all my ideas about the church. Then re-taught me what I already knew in my heart to be true but had not yet acknowledged completely as ultimately important. I'm still learning and don't know where I'm going next, but it's better than knowing where I'm going, and in my ignorance, not going there, but somewhere else. Now, I know where I am going in the end, but know not how to get there. If I did, then I would surely not go for I would try it on my own and fail. However, since God is leading me step by step, I will go, for the road is surely too hard for me alone.