BE IN FIRM CONTROL OF YOUR PLANS AS IT UNFOLDS (Monday, 13th July 2026)
Text for Today: Gen. 39:1-20 “So it was, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not heed her, to lie with her or to be with her.” (vs. 10).
Not paying attention to what happens around you may end jeopardizing your goals in life. As we continue with our study on our plans for the second half of the year, you need to devise some ways to determine if your plan is working out as expected. One way is to form a budget and financial systems. Some mechanisms and checkpoints must be devised to verify if you are on target to reaching your goal. The principles on time management are good for this phase. Realize that some of the resources you start with may evaporate, but others will find their way to you. For example, perhaps in the beginning you have a job that will provide you enough money to run your business. But, suddenly the job goes away. You have lost that resource.
On the other hand, you might then qualify for a loan, or get a new job, which then becomes a new resource for you. Be prepared to adjust. Circumstances change in life. For example, consider the many unforeseen obstacles that Job, David, and Joseph encountered and had to work around. From our text for today, the journey of Joseph from a young naïve boy, to becoming the Prime Minister in a strange land followed a process which he was able to manage and control. If Joseph had lost control of the process at any point he wouldn’t have been able to see his dream of many years come to pass. I admonish you to be in firm control of your plans as it unfolds through the process it has to go through.
You are a Champion!
Further Study: Judges 11:1-11.
Covenant Prayers
- Father, I give you glory for the gift of this new day.
- I receive grace to have a firm control over my plan as it unfolds.
- Dear Lord, give me strength that will keep me moving ahead.
- Father, cause my life to become a wonder this second half.
QUOTE: “WHEN YOU LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR PLAN IT ENDS IN FUTILITY.”
