“IF you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans,” is a modern version of an old Yiddish proverb. The Scottish equivalent was expressed by Robert Burns: “The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley.” People who are on the move should not be surprised if they make a few detours along the way.
While training for ministry I knew exactly where God should send me. I was looking for a congregation in a town with several other churches, a congregation with one building, one Sunday morning service, and definitely not a new linkage or union. Inexplicably, (or so it seemed to me) God got it wrong and led me to a place which didn’t fit any of my preconceptions. Of course, He turned out to be absolutely right. It was my carefully thought-out plans that were wrong and had to change.