Guarrantee

I have so often heard it said, "There are no guarantees in life."  Whatever you are planning may just as likely run aground as run its course.  As the Scot poet, Robert Buns, penned, "The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nouht but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy!"  In other words, things don't always work out the way you planned them - there are just no guarrantees.

And it would seem, given the many times you and I have seen our plans go up in flames, that there would be no argument to this open and shut case.  Except that there is.  Among other places, it is found in Proverbs 16:3, "Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans."  Notice the "will" instead of might?

You might object seeing as there are innumerable cases where a Christian's plans, even good, decent plans, did not pan out.  I cannot not argue otherwise but I can argue that their plans were not ordained by God.  Notice that the condition of God establishing our plans is that they are committed to Him.  If that is so, then the outcome we are looking for is the one He desires for us.

Instead of the promotion you had in mind, God may have in mind a needed humbling.  Instead of silencing your advesary, God may choose to teach you long-suffering.  Instead of bringing grandma through the surgery, God may desire to take her home.  Committing to the Lord whatever we do, leaves the outcome in his hands willingly, even desiring God override our small thinking to establish his grand desires in our lives.

I should note verse 4 to help amplify the meaning of verse 3, "The Lord works out everything to its proper end …"  When we commit what we do to the Lord, he takes our plans, refines them and brings about what is properly needed instead of just what we might fancy.  

When we are seeking after and accepting of God's will for our lives, we are guaranteed to be successful in seeing his will accomplished in our lives.  Jus' Sayn.