7 Practical Lessons + 10 Bible Verses to Trust God’s Plan and Timing

Inside: Get 7 practical, inspiring lessons from 10 Bible verses about God’s timing and plan. They’ll help boost your faith, restore your confidence, and help you trust God’s plan and timing

I remember the first dream God ever gave me. He graciously planted it in my heart and I wanted it so bad, I could almost taste it.

But the way was unclear and God wasn’t sharing His roadmap with me. So I made a decision.

I decided not to trust God’s plan and timing.

Then I seized control of the unfolding of the dream and went my own way.

Big mistake. Huge.

The single worst decision of my life, bar none, because it led to more bad decisions.

Every single one of those bad decisions caused me to waste years of my life, and to endure unnecessary pain and suffering.

I could have avoided it all. If only I’d stuck with God and trusted His plan and timing over my own.

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What It Means to Trust God’s Plan and Timing

And now you’re here, wondering if it’s worth it to trust God’s plan and timing.

On the outside, you may look like the original boss babe, killing it at work and in life. You look confident and in control, running no-holds-barred toward your goal.

But on the inside, you’re lost in turmoil.

Maybe, like I did, you’re wondering why you feel unfilled, despite your outward success. Or maybe, like I was, you’re caught up in a toxic relationship with no clue how to get out of it. Or maybe, like I did, you’re struggling with hating your well-paying job.

And in the middle of all this, maybe you don’t trust God anymore because you’ve been begging Him to guide you, rescue you…to do something. But He’s seemed silent and you’re left wondering why God doesn’t talk to you and what on earth His plan for you even is.

Or maybe your life is fine…as long as everything is nice and calm.

But as soon as uncertainty or hard times enter the picture, you find yourself teetering on the edge of confusion and panic. Afraid of your unknown future and wondering what to do next.

I see you because I was you. And I know what it’s like to struggle with trusting God’s plan and timing, especially when things around you—or inside you—seem to be going to hell in a handbasket.

First, take a deep breath.

God is still on the throne, no matter how out of control things may seem in your world.

The Lord has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all.
Psalm 103:19 (NLT)

And as much as panic or confusion may seem justified in your situation, they aren’t God’s style.

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
Joshua 1:9 (ESV)

Also, you may need to check if you have some spiritual deafness to overcome. Because I’ve learned a couple of things in the years since I stepped back in line with God’s plan and timing:

God always wants to guide you. It’s usually you who isn’t paying attention or missing signs God is speaking to you.
When you trust God’s plan and timing, you work like the outcome depends on you. But you pray, wait, and listen with your spiritual ears like it all depends on God.

Because it does.

Bible Verses about God’s Timing and Plan

Now, people can tell you whatever they want and make it sound true. It’s how a lot of us end up with buyer’s remorse.

So I could tell you all about why putting your trust in God’s plan and timing and waiting on Him are your best bet. But instead, I’ll let get it straight from the Source—from God Himself.

Wait for the Lord and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land; you will look on when the wicked are cut off.
Psalm 37:34 (ESV)

Of course, you can always choose not to trust God’s plan and timing, like Sarai and Abram. Then, like them—and like me!—you can go ahead and reap the resulting suffering, pain, and drama.

But I hope you’ll choose instead to wait on and trust in God’s plan and timing. If you do, these Bible verses will come in handy to reinforce your faith and trust while you wait on Him.

Oh! One word of warning before we dive in.

Don’t make the mistake of dismissing these Bible verses about God’s timing and plan as trite or clichéd. If you do, you’ll only be robbing yourself since every single word from God’s mouth has the power to save you.

All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NLT)

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4 Inspiring Lessons from 5 Bible Verses about God’s Plan

For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts, and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome. Jeremiah 29:11 (AMPC)

Your eyes saw my unformed substance, and in Your book all the days [of my life] were written before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none of them. Psalm 139:16 (AMPC)

The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands. Psalm 138:8 (ESV)

I know that You can do all things, and that no thought or purpose of Yours can be restrained or thwarted. Job 42:2 (AMPC)

And I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that He Who began a good work in you will continue until the day of Jesus Christ [right up to the time of His return], developing [that good work] and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in you. Philippians 1:6 (AMPC)

The bottom line:

God’s always had a good plan for you, and He’s faithful to fulfill His purpose for your life. But only if you’ll let Him.
God is all-powerful and His plans will come to fruition, with or without you.
Your circumstances don’t dictate God’s plans. God’s plans work out despite and through your circumstances.
God is ready to work with you to bring His plan to completion.

3 Practical Lessons from 5 Scriptures on God’s Timing

To everything there is a season, and a time for every matter or purpose under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1 (AMPC)

For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay. Habakkuk 2:3 (ESV)

Don’t overlook the obvious here, friends. With God, one day is as good as a thousand years, a thousand years as a day. 2 Peter 3:8 (MSG)

The Lord is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him. So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the Lord. Lamentations 3:25-26 (NLT)

And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint. Galatians 6:9 (AMPC)

The bottom line:

Stuff happens, sometimes stuff you’d rather not go through. But this is life, and you’ll do yourself no favors by fighting the reality of unpleasant circumstances.
Even though your wait seems never-ending, the vision God gave you will happen at the proper time
God will reward your wait, but waiting doesn’t mean you sit around doing anything. It means you do what’s right and what God tells you to do while you wait and trust God’s plan and timing.

Your Unseen Benefit from Trusting God’s Plan and Timing

Years ago, I didn’t trust God’s plan and timing and decided not to wait on Him. It led to me wasting far too many years of my life, and going through way more pain and suffering than I ever needed to.

Thank God, I let Him turn my folly into wisdom and my wasted years into a blessing for others!

Now I know to trust God’s plan and timing over my own or anyone else’s. And so do you.

Use these Bible verses about God’s plan and timing to reinforce your faith and reset your expectations.

Because the truth is, God has a plan—He always has—and every part of His plan unfolds at the exact right time. No “sudden” crisis is a surprise to Him, and He never has to throw together a quick backup plan.

But here’s the thing.

You’ll never know His entire plan. Heck, you may barely know the next step. But that’s all you need since everything else is God’s business, not yours.

He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.
Acts 1:7 (ESV)

Trust God’s plan and perfect timing. Abandon yourself to His will. Then you can face your difficult or uncertain circumstances with confidence because you’ll have all of heaven at your back and your victory is already on its way.

“Don’t be afraid!” Elisha told him. “For there are more on our side than on theirs!” Then Elisha prayed, “O Lord, open his eyes and let him see!” The Lord opened the young man’s eyes, and when he looked up, he saw that the hillside around Elisha was filled with horses and chariots of fire.
2 Kings 6:16-17 (NLT)

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7 Practical Lessons from 10 Bible Verses to Help You Trust God’s Plan and Timing