Vital Signs: Friday, January 16, 2026

Go For It

“We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps.” - Proverbs 16:9

We can set goals and make plans, but bringing them to life, seeing real change and transformation, is a God thing. God determines the outcomes, and only God supplies the power and energy needed to achieve our goals and experience lasting change or transformation.

Here are three things you should pray for prior to setting goals and planning life changes, essentials you must have if you are going to be successful when you go for it.

God’s Spirit to empower you. You need God’s help to make changes that you cannot make on your own. Life change is not based on willpower. It is based on God’s power. It is not based on trying. It is based on trusting.

Zechariah 4:6 reads, “You will not succeed by your own strength or by your own power, but by My Spirit,” says the Lord All Powerful.

God’s Word to guide you. The Bible is the owner’s manual for life. The more you read it, study it, memorize it, and meditate on it, the more successful and fulfilled you are going to be.

God’s people to support you. You will not be able to reach your goals or plans on your own. It takes a team to fulfill a dream.

Ecclesiastes 4:12 says, “By yourself you are unprotected. With a friend you can face the worst. Can you round up a third? A three stranded rope is not easily snapped.”

Resolve this year to rely more on the Holy Spirit, God’s Word, and God’s people.

Be in prayer.

Be in the Word.

Be in community.

Human beings, not human doings.

Pray for it and then go for it.