“If It Pleases The Lord”
Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to
this or that city. We will spend a year there. We will buy and sell and make
money." You don't even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life?
It is a mist that appears for a little while. Then it disappears. Instead, you
should say, "If it pleases the Lord, we will live and do this or
that."
As
it is, you are proud. You brag about it. That kind of bragging is evil. So when
you know the good things you should do and don't do them, you sin.
James 4:13-17
When
someone is in the armed forces they say they will see you on the other side,
meaning they will see you after their current tour of duty is
over. But in some cases, seeing someone on the other side
means seeing them in heaven.
We
do not know what one year, one month, one day, one hour, or one second might
bring. God will bring us home to Him when He decides to.
No
part of life is outside the control of God. So when we make plans, we need to
remember that we can plan, based on God’s timeframe, not ours.
Write your plans in pencil and let God have the eraser.
Our Daily Bread –