Faith vs Planning

Faith vs Planning Ahead
As I contemplate the future of donor relationships with Serve India Ministries, I realize that planning is needed along with wise council. We as a ministry have this amazing goal to plant 100,000 churches in unreached villages. Only God can accomplish this goal but he expects us to have faith and “plan” for our success. Our success will require 20,000 trained pastors and it will require 20,000 financial partners that God leads our way and believe in our vision.

Proverbs 15:22 tells us: “Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.” Where does that leave faith? Hebrews 11:1 also tells us “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.”

Faith asked us to do the impossible, to dream big dreams. With this bid dream, God wants us to trust Him to provide the provision for the goal or vision He has set for us. Nehemiah had a God-given burden to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem but with that burden took tremendous leadership and planning along with God’s miraculous provision provided by the king of Persia.