A FB friend, and former student that I worked with in collegiate ministry, quoted Proverbs 3:5-6 the other day. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight."
Good advice for us. Trust in God--place your hope, your future, your plans, your life in His hands. Do it with all you are and all you have. Lean not on your own understanding--instead of trusting your own self, trust God. Realize how limited you and I are in relation to an unlimited God. God sees the big picture--I see a very small part of the puzzle. In all your ways acknowledge Him--Give God His rightful place, recognize Him in all the situations of life, and seek to 'know' Him personally. When He has His rightful place in your life, then other things will fall into place where they should be. And coming to know God better and better is a life impacting series of events. He will make your paths straight--I remember the tangled way we used to drive from my home to my grandmother's house--curves, turns, stops--no direct route. But when they put interstate 57 in, the road was very straight and the trip took considerably less time. What an easy and wonderful trip it became. God tries to make the curves and turns and twists of our life into a straight path, if we would just trust Him above our own insights and give Him His rightful place in our lives.
So which do you want--twists and getting sidetracked or the shortest and easiest path? Trust God.