At our Bible Study group on Tuesday, the subject of planning came up... whether God planned the creation of the world, etc. As providence would have it, Proverbs 16 is all about planning too. Oddly, there doesn't seem to be a consensus in Proverbs 16 as to whether planning is good or not.
1 We can make our own plans, but the Lord gives the right answer.
3 Commit your actions to the Lord, and your plans will succeed.
9 We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps.
30 With narrowed eyes, people plot evil; with a smirk, they plan their mischief.
As long as our plans are in concert with God's will, we can safely move forward, but when our plans are contrary to God's will, we should not expect success. That got me to thinking a little more about whether God planned the creation, etc. My current thought is that as an all-knowing, all-powerful being, he doesn't plan so much as have a will. We plan because we don't know how everything will work out or can't do it all ourselves. In other words, we plan because we are not all-powerful or all-knowing. If we were, we could just do things in the order necessary without the need for planning. Thus, I don't think God is a planner.
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