It’s the title of a book I read several years ago that has some very helpful ideas for organising one’s day to day work to accomplish ministry tasks. I have often recommended it to others.
Yet, how do we ‘get things done’ while depending wholly on God? We could put the same question in other ways, such as ‘how might planning run counter to the Spirit’s work in our lives?’ or ‘where does the importance lie: with prayer or with planning?’
I believe we do ourselves, and the discussion, a disservice by putting prayer and planning in opposition to one another. The biblical text calls us to pray about everything (Philippians 4:6) — our calling, our finances, our plans and all the other elements that make up our life. At the same, the biblical text exhorts us to consider, plan well and act on the projects and plans we put together (Luke 14:28).
So which comes first? Which is more important? Both!
Prayer leads to good plans and planning leads to much more prayer.
Sometimes, it’s just good in the midst of a planning session to stop and turn the discussion over into God’s hands asking for His wisdom and insight. Sometimes, after a time of prayer, it’s just good to start jotting down ideas of how a new ministry project that is forming in our hearts might get worked out in reality.
The World Team Global community is working on a new ‘three phased approach’ to launching new CP projects among the unreached that would include prayer, research and mobilisation. It’s our way of trying to put into practice this idea of prayer&planning. More on this new project in the coming weeks.
Thoughts Along The Journey 
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