Proverbs 16: 1-4

vs 1: "To man belong the plans of the heart but from the Lord comes the reply of the tongue"

Baffling. What does vs 1 really mean? "To man belong the plans of the heart". In our hearts resides our thoughts and desires. Plans we are set upon on doing, those that we have built in our hearts. Our hearts are usually entangled with our emotions and feelings.

The heart skips and dances to music when it's in love
The heart turns heavy when it's sad
The heart pounds when it's angry.

A man/woman makes choices and says things based on what his/her heart is feeling or going tru'. A man plans his life and it's moments, those that he can control, based on his heart.

"but from the Lord comes the reply of the tongue" A reply is a response to something that was said or done. Put these two sentences together, and what does it mean?

Looking at and studying it, i realized that God has got a response to what we have set our hearts on doing. We may make a list of a million things to do, but what does God have to say about them?

vs 2: "All a man's ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the Lord"

When it comes to doing things our way, we fight for it and come up with reasons to justify why we want it such. What may look good to us, may not really be so. What sounds and looks enticing, like a good bullet-proof plan, may not be so in the end. How sure are we? God looks not only into our plans, He looks beyond it and into the heart that makes them.

vs 3: "Commit to the Lord whatever you do and your plans will succeed."

vs 4: "The Lord works out everything for His own ends - even the wicked for a day of disaster"

I cannot commit something to someone if I'm still holding tightly onto it. To commit would mean "to put into charge or trust". It's to give our situations/circumstances/actions entirely to God. Thrusting it into His hands instead - when we commit to God, we are saying "Here Lord, here are my plans, it may not go the way I want it to go, but i'll still give them all to You".

Proverbs 16: 9: "In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps"

It is a learning process but we need to remember that God has always got the best in mind for you and I.
The relationship we have with time is only limited to this current moment. All we can do when it comes to the future is to make little plans and notes of what we can and are able to do.
It is only God who knows and is able to see what would really happen.