John Ortberg's All the Places To Go... How Will You Know, might easily be subtitled: 'Not Quite What I Was Planning' . Or, as Proverbs 19: 21 puts it: "Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails" .

This book is the antidote to feelings of loss, disappointment and even guilt about the plans you've worked at, prayed over and probably saved up for. The plans you've seriously counted on but, in the end, with no satisfaction for yourself or those you sought to influence for God.

Yet, in the Bible, God doesn't place an open door in front of his servants and command them to stay put. When God opens a door, he invites you to walk through it; even into the unknown. How you choose to respond determines the life you lead and the person you become.

The question is, looking back, are you willing to see God's purpose in the way things turned out for you? More importantly, are you ready to find God's purpose in the plans you're making for the future?

The truth is that God's purpose will prevail and this is the heart of the Christian faith.

So if you claim to be trusting God to see you through into the world beyond, shouldn't you trust him with your plans in this world? Shouldn't you be prepared to go to all the places he wants you to go and, in short, to place yourself in his hands?

John Ortberg invites you to open your eyes to the countless open doors God opens for you every day, and says: "Go ahead, walk through that door. You just might do something that lasts for eternity." This book gives you the courage to pass through God's open door to the work He has for you to do.