A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps - (note, Proverbs 16:1; Jeremiah 10:23.) In contrast to man's anxious devising of his own way stands the Lord's sovereign disposal of his steps. Though in one sense man's will is free, yet in another he is overruled by God's all-ordering providence. Man proposes, God disposes. Nay, more; God has at his control our very thoughts (Exodus 34:24). Our wisdom is to "commit our way unto the Lord" when we set about anything (Psalms 37:5; Psalms 37:23).