Proverbs 16:9 A man's heart devises his way: but the LORD directs his steps. Young Clive is shipped off, to get rid of him, in the East India Company, and he becomes the founder of England's empire in India. The Duke of Wellington seeks of Lord Camden in early life a place at the Treasury Board, and becomes the military hero of Europe. There are many to-day occupying positions very different to those which they set before themselves in early life. Some are preaching the gospel who were destined to practise at the English bar. Some are lawyers who started to be physicians. Some are business men who started to be artists or musicians. David Livingstone starts as a hand in a Glasgow factory, and he becomes the pioneer of missionary work in Africa. William Carey makes shoes and he becomes the most successful missionary in India. Looking back on life, we say it was this or that event which impelled us on another course. We are apt to forget that the event was no chance accident, but a distinct factor in God's government of our lives. Parallel Verses KJV: A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.WEB: A man's heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps. |
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