When God Changes the Plan | The Detour Is the Design

Some of you keep praying for a miracle while God is pulling you off the road you chose — but you’re refusing His reroute. Proverbs 16:9 says, A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. That means even if you’ve mapped your own route, God holds the final say on where you end up.

A detour from God is never about convenience — it’s about construction. He’s building something in you on the way to where you’re going. Just like a GPS only reroutes when you’re off course, God’s redirection means your current path isn’t leading to the real destination.

A missionary once planned for Africa but was sent to South America instead. Years later, she found the people she reached there transformed an entire region. The detour was the destiny.

We are clay, not the potter’s hands. His shaping often requires redirection we don’t understand yet. The truth is, resisting God’s detour costs more time than taking it. A ship’s captain who fights the wind will snap the mast — but one who adjusts sails reaches harbor faster.

You’re not lost. You’re being led the long way because God is building something permanent. The enemy wants you to see it as punishment so you abandon the journey. But redirection is still progress. Humility speeds the process. Obedience activates favor. And the detour protects the destiny God has prepared for you.

Today, write down one area where God has shifted your plan. Then, list how you will embrace it this week. The detour is not a delay — it’s a design.

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