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“We should make plans – counting on God to direct us” (Proverbs 16:9, TLB).
When you move into a different house, you arrange a date for movers to come; you change the phone, electricity and internet to your new address; and you place your belongings in boxes marked bedroom, kitchen, living room, etc.
Preparing for every new phase of your life is similar. Here are some suggested tips to help you be ready for wherever God leads you next:
First, compose a plan for financial independence. This may involve insurance, retirement and estate planning. Your insurance policies could also cover your mortgage in case you’re unable to work for a season.
Second, always give yourself flexibility. After you’ve run the first half of the race of life, you may decide to switch direction. What you want to do right now may change twenty years from now, or may be different from what you wanted to do twenty years ago.
The delightful thing about life is that no matter how old you are, you can always begin again, and opportunities may exist in the future that you can’t predict now.
Third, stay current with technology, a major part of modern society. Those unable or unwilling to utilise the latest technological tools may shortchange their success.
In addition to technology, you could help yourself by staying up to date with developments in additional business skills; communication, negotiation and etiquette are all essential to succeeding in a changing world.
Solomon wrote, “People may make plans in their minds, but the Lord decides what they will do” (Proverbs 16:9, NCV). So, the word for today is: prepare for the next phase, with God.
By Alfred Nyamekye
