Planning vs. Praying

As I am reading through Isaiah, I recently came across this passage:

"You assessed your defenses that Day, inspected your arsenal of weapons in the Forest Armory. You found the weak places in the city walls that needed repair. You secured the water supply at the Lower Pool. You took an inventory of the houses in Jerusalem and tore down some to get bricks to forify the city wall. You built a large cistern to ensure plenty of water.

You looked and looked and looked, but you never looked to him who gave you this city, never once consulted the One who has long had plans for this city." Is. 22 (Message)

I was once again reminded at how much better I am at planning than praying; at how much I think I should "do" rather than wait; how much I use my own wisdom and trust what my eyes see rather than the counsel of God; at how I forget that God has plans for "this city".

I end up heading in directions that "make sense" but are not necessarily God's agenda. It reminds me of a quote from Bonhoffer, "If you board the wrong train it is no use running along the corridor in the opposite direction”.