My observation is that it really doesn’t matter the type
of training, the education nor the profession, many people think little about
planning. Whether it’s a business,
ministry or even vacation plans, some people really don’t understand how
important it is to have a plan.
While many quote are attributed to people incorrectly,
Benjamin Franklin, one of the most interesting of our Founding Fathers, was a
gifted writer and publisher of “Poor Richard’s Almanack”. In it he penned the phrase, “If you fail to
plan, you are planning to fail.” Yet, many fail to heed his advice.
When my wife and I were first married, we talked often of
our dreams and hopes for the future. It
wasn’t until we had been married a few years that we actually sat down and came
up with a financial plan to buy a house.
A plan doesn’t have to be long or detailed it just has to
be thought out. Plans always include
timelines so having a goal, a few action steps and a timeline is a great
outline for most plans. Too many of us
find ourselves in situations where we can easily think of ourselves as a victim
of our circumstance when it is being a victim of a lack of planning.
Jesus was even a fan of planning as when he was talking
about the cost of following him He said, “For which of you, desiring to build a
tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to
complete it?” Luke 14:28
