The Lord foils the plans of the nations;
he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever,
the purposes of his heart through all generations.
I love when verses just stick out to you when you are in the middle of some quiet time. You just stumble upon them, verses you may have read multiple times before and at that moment they have a big impact and you may see them in a way you hadn’t read them before. In verse 10 it seems a negative verse, that God foils and thwarts plans that people and nations have. If you were to only read that verse it may be discouraging and you may thing, but why would a good and gracious God do that? But when you read on to verse 11 it makes sense. But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations. God’s plans are not our plans. We see it time and time again throughout the Bible.
Isaiah 55:8- “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD.
Proverbs 19:21- “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.”
Evil people will exist but their plans will not succeed.