Commit your actions to the Lord, and your plans will succeed. Proverbs 16:3, NLV
All teachers live according to plans—long-term plans, monthly plans, unit plans, and daily plans. We plan our work and work our plan. Some of us stick closer to those plans than others, but we all, nonetheless, have to make them. And like anything, some plans come easily, and others we toil over for hours.
Good teachers know how to adapt plans to fit the circumstances or the class in front of them. They know that some lesson plans will be successful with one group, but not with another. Some teachers even consider this when preparing for classes.
But did you know that God wants us to commit our plans to Him—even the most insignificant ones and those we’ve successfully used for years? Each lesson needs His blessing and His help to make it effective. Many times, we may feel that a lesson has failed, but He sees what we don’t. Sometimes, the most insignificant element of a lesson will change a child’s perspective, or finally turn the light on to a new concept. Though writing plans can become routine for us and may seem too small of a thing to bother God with, He wants us to commit these daily blueprints to Him for His blessing. It’s the only way we can know that they will succeed.
Jesus, today we declare that we need You, Lord, in the center of everything. Please lead and guide us. Thank You. Amen.
Copyright Shirley Wilson.
Shirley is a retired Christian Educators member and former board member of Christian Educators.