How To Plan Your Life by Myles Munroe (Planning For Success)


God gives every one of us visions but it is our responsibility to come up with plans on how those visions would be actualized. If God has shown you where you should go, you must map out a roadmap to get there. Prayer and faith are not substitute for plans. In fact, planning gives substance to prayer and planning is proof of faith.

Contrary to what many think that when you plan you might not need prayers, when you have plans you will never run out of what to pray for. Because until you have plans you cannot fulfill the scriptural instruction of committing your plans to the Lord for Him to direct you.
I got this from the book Principles and Power of Vision. If you wouldn’t read any other book from Dr. Myles Munroe. I strongly advise you to read this one. Planning is only one of the 12 major keys to success discussed in the book.

isolation. By design, God created every individual to fulfill their visions with the right company/partners. To chase a vision in isolation is to reject God’s provision of human resources.

Based on the needs you have identified in step 2, you should identify individuals who are gifted in such areas to help you with it. In the business world, it is called staffing your weaknesses. If you are finding it difficult to make friends, you will find this helpful.

6. How long should it take?
Planning like, goal setting, should have time frames. You shouldn’t just state what should be done and how to go about it but you must also identify when it should be done. Some goals become unfulfilling when they are achieved after certain times.


Although you have identified where you need to get to, you won’t get there in one step. You will need to take courses, gain experience, meet people, read books, and so on. These are all processes that will take you towards the vision.

Your plan won’t necessarily take you to your destination but it has done its job when it shows you the next step to take. Plans can change and that is normal. It is the act of planning that is the most important. Planning will always show you the next step, and that is priceless for progress.

As seen on Selfdiscoveryblog.com