Trusting the Journey: God's Control Over Our Plans

Josh emphasizes that while we can make plans, ultimately, the Lord guides our steps and controls outcomes.

### Trusting the Journey: Letting Go of Outcome Expectations
* 💭 "We can't be infatuated with the **results or the outcomes** of our plan."
* 📖 Proverbs 16:9: "We can make our plans, but the Lord **determines our steps**."
* 🤔 The speaker advises not to focus solely on **results**, as the **journey and process** are equally important.
* 🏆 Using the example of Olympic champion Noah Lyles, he warns against **comparing one's journey to others'**.
* 🙏 Encourages **trusting in a higher power** to guide steps and outcomes, rather than **trying to control everything**.
* 🚀 Emphasizes the importance of **consistency, commitment to the process, and gratitude for the present**.
* 🌟 "Commit to your plan and trust that the **Lord has got you**."
* 🙌 The speaker concludes by reminding the audience to be **grateful for each day** and to **avoid jealousy and comparison**.

YouTube, what it do man, it's your boy Josh. We back up in this thing with another one. We woke up this morning, it's another beautiful day, all praise to the most high man, let's get it. Hey bro, I'm going to start this off with a Bible verse man. This is from Proverbs 16:9, says we can make our plans but the Lord determines our steps. That's Proverbs 16:9. So what does that mean Josh? Well, I'm going to tell you guys. We can't be infatuated with the results or the outcomes of our plan. We can't think that oh this is the plan, I'm supposed to be getting results around here, this is supposed to be happen, yada yada yada. No, we have no say in the matter whenever the results or whenever the benefits come. And so my recommendation to you, my best advice to you is to not start things just to get the outcomes out of it because it says right here in the Bible that even though we can make our

own plans. The Lord determines our steps, meaning that there's going to be a process, there is going to be a journey that you are going to embark on, that you have zero control over. And because you have zero control over it, you don't have any control over the results, you don't know, have any control over when you will succeed. So make your plans, set your goals, but best believe the Most High is in control of your steps and is guiding you and putting you in experiences and situations that you thought you didn't need, but in actuality, you needed it. It was needed for you to develop, it was needed for you to grow, it was needed for you to change. You don't know the answers, and you don't know everything. So with that being said, do not think of yourself as somebody who, or whenever you are formulating your plan, do not automatically think that, Oh, it's going to take this long, we're going to do this, that. No, it's completely out of your control. Instead, focus on just falling in

love with the journey, fall in love, and trust the Most High that He can guide you into the right direction. That even though He may give you adversity, even though He may give you failures, even though He may give you experiences, you trust in Him that He will get you to where you need to be instead of you thinking where you need to be. A lot of us look at other people's plans and seeing what they got going on and seeing them succeed and get results, and instead of us saying, Oh man, they've endured, they've gone through a process, we sit there and say, How come they get to have it all and I don't? How come I set a plan and I don't get the things that I said I wanted to get, but they set a plan and they get everything? Guys, we don't know everybody's plan, and so don't focus on everybody else, and don't let the outside noise affect your inside world, your inner world. Don't let the outside affect your inside. Don't let what you see make

you form this envious and jealous spirit. Noah La is a great example of this. I think of Noah LA because he recently was on social media because he was invited to Anthony Edwards's shoe introduction or his shoe event, you know, his event for his new shoe. And Anthony Edwards is doing very well within the sport of basketball, and no, he is not the best basketball player in the world, but he is one of the greatest right now in the world. Noah La is the greatest in the world right now when it comes to track and field. He won a gold medal. He is considered, and he holds the title of fastest man in the world, number one in this sport. Noah recently was offended that he got invited to Anthony Edwards's shoe contract or his shoe deal in his shoe event because he didn't have his own shoe event. He said, How does this guy who hasn't won anything, is not the best in the world, get something that I haven't?

gotten. You see what I'm saying. He has a plan, but the Lord is demanding his steps. You see, he had a plan of, Okay, I'm going to be the fastest in the world. I should have a shoe deal. I'mma have this. I'm going to have that. And it's the plan is not going to what he thought it was going to be. And he looks over to the side, and he sees somebody has what he has, and he may think he's better at his space than what that person is better at in their space. And he looks at himself, and he's questioning, Why are they getting things that I'm not getting? It's because he made a plan, and his plan is in a vacuum, and he's not understanding that the Lord has ordered his steps. You guys can't be infatuated with what everybody else has got going on and what you think should happen. Whatever goal you set, just stay consistent and fall in love with the process of the goal. Everything else that you are

expecting to get in return. Don't worry about it because you got no control over it. It's in the Lord's hands. Let it be in His hands. Don't try to dictate and try to, you know, weed you or push yourself into making it happen. Don't try to put another man down and question other people's. Why do y'all want to be with Anthony Edwards? Why y'all want to give him a shoe instead of me? Don't do that. Don't do that. Focus on yourself. Focus on your plan. You may have a plan, but don't get it confused and thinking that, oh, this is the plan and this is what's going to happen, and no, you will set yourself up for failure. Because when we do things like that, we psych ourselves out. We psych ourselves out. How many of us have started a weight loss journey, stayed to it for 3 months, and we didn't get the results that we said we wanted to get? And because we said, oh, it should be here by now because that's what the plan said.

it should be, but it's not, which resulted in you quitting, all because you had a plan. You thought what was supposed to happen. You have to commit to this process. You have to be consistent. You need to understand that you have no say in the matter when it comes to your steps. That's up to the Lord. Understand that you may have to go through a couple more steps than the next man. First off, I would even argue that you don't even know how many steps the next man has even taken. So don't go, don't respond off of bad information. No allows is, no allows is, is it's so upset. He like, Oh, why, why, why is this person getting more than me? Well, I'mma tell you, bro, you are focused on the wrong things. You don't know what Anthony Edwards had gone through. If you don't know what he had to endure, you don't know what his process was like. Understand that he may have, he went through. I tell you guys, don't look at the, don't judge a man based on what he

has and be like, Oh, he gets to have everything, and he gets to have that. That's unfair. How come I'm not getting it? You don't know what that man had to go through to get to it. Nothing in this world is easy. And I said in my previous videos, Man, if you guys are complaining about your problems and complaining about what you got going on and things where you're struggling at, that I promise you I can find somebody in a heartbeat that'll trade places with you. New allow is looking up and saying, Why does Anthony Edwards get a shoe? This man is an Olympic athlete, and he has won a gold medal. The world knows his name. He is probably set for life. But yet, he's looking for more. Yet, he's forming jealousy. Yet, he's looking like, Why? Why am I not getting X, Y, and Z? And as a result, he's making people not want to be fans of him. He doesn't. I understand his frustration, but he's hurting himself more than helping himself, all because he's infatuated with what somebody else has.

got has got going on instead of understanding that his plan. God has ordered his steps and that who he is in charge. Don't look at that girl and be jealous of that girl for looking a certain way and getting her life together or getting all the girls liking her. Baby girl, you don't got to hate that girl for all she. You don't know what she has to endure and what her problems are. You just look at her and see, Oh, she's getting everything I wish I had, so I'mma hate on her, not understanding that you have your own plan and God cares for you and loves you just as much as that next person and has a plan for you, bro, and is ordering your steps. The last thing you need to do is start thinking what should be happening, what shouldn't be happening, and what you should get and what you shouldn't be getting. Commit to your plan and trust that the Lord has got you, bro. I'm not looking at other YouTubers that

have been doing YouTube less than me, got more subscribers, got this, got that way, no congratulations to them. I know what they had to endure. I don't, and there's things that I don't know that what they had to endure, but I'm happy for them. I'm not going to sit there and get H bro. They got more subscribers, more followers to me, and get more views to me, and I've been doing it way longer. I guess I'm just YouTube. Ain't just meant for me, no. No, the Lord has this plan. Hey, I have my plan. I set my plan, and the Lord is ordering my steps now. I trust in him. Me, I'm grateful already as it is, blessed and highly favored. I woke up this morning. It's another beautiful day. What does that mean? It means I woke up this morning. It's another opportunity for me to be better than what I was yesterday. What do I look like complaining about what the next man is getting and everything like that when there are people that are being put in

the dirt today because they didn't wake up this morning. You want to sit there and cry and complain that you're not getting your way, that the plan isn't going the way you thought it would happen, but you woke up this morning. You won more than a lot of people already by default, all because you woke up this morning. What about the people that died this morning or died last night that had plans of staying here tomorrow, but they aren't? They quickly switch places with you in a heartbeat, and here you are over here worried about why you're not getting paid the same amount as this person, and why you're not getting this, and why you're not getting that. Jealousy will consume you and take you away from what you should be giving thanks for, and if the Most High looks at you and you have this jealousy and envious spirit, he's going to start taking stuff away. I should, he ain't ready for more 'cause he ain't even appreciative of what he has so far. He ain't ready for more. He...

Looking at other people and wondering what they got. He trying to bring them down instead of trying to uplift them. What would you want somebody to do when you, if you were in those situations? Would you want somebody to try and bring you down? Would you want somebody to hate on your success? No, you wouldn't. Don't be that selfish person, that person that just all you care about is me, me, me, me, me. So, that's all I got for y'all boys, man. Proverbs 16:9. We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps. If you guys need a consultation, link down below in the description, man. If you guys need to send me a question over Instagram, man, Instagram down below in the description. You guys need a training program, 12-week training program right down there below in the description, man. If before you guys go, make sure you like, comment, subscribe, share the video. I'mma holl y' boys.

Stick to the plan.

Josh Holt

Trusting the Journey: A Message from Proverbs 16:9

Josh emphasizes the importance of not being fixated on the outcomes of our plans, as the Lord ultimately determines our steps.

He encourages embracing the journey and trusting that each experience, even adversity and failure, is necessary for personal growth and development.

Josh advises against comparing ourselves to others and letting external factors influence our inner peace.

Noah La, the fastest man in the world, felt offended by Anthony Edwards's shoe event invitation, questioning why he wasn't getting similar opportunities.

Despite having a plan for success, Noah struggled with jealousy and comparison, not realizing that his path was being guided by a higher power.

The message emphasizes the importance of staying consistent, focusing on one's own goals, and letting go of control over external outcomes.

The Importance of Commitment and Understanding in the Process

Success requires commitment and consistency, with each person's journey being unique.

It's unproductive to compare oneself to others, as their struggles and steps taken are often unknown.

Jealousy and frustration over someone else's success can be counterproductive and may harm one's own progress.

Trusting God's Plan and Embracing Your Journey

It's important to focus on your own path and not be jealous of others, as everyone has their own struggles.

God has a unique plan for you and is ordering your steps.

Instead of comparing yourself to others, be grateful for your blessings and view each day as an opportunity for growth.

The Importance of Gratitude and Uplifting Others

Waking up each morning is a privilege that many do not have, and it's important to appreciate that.

Jealousy and envy can consume you, leading to a negative mindset and the loss of what you already have.

Instead of bringing others down, focus on uplifting them and being grateful for your own blessings.