Good Morning Friends,
“Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not
know what a day may bring forth.” (Proverbs 27:1)
Solomon’s point is that we should hold
lightly the plans we have for the future. It’s not that we shouldn’t plan, we
should. Even Proverbs pronounces the folly of the person who doesn’t prepare
for the future. It is the wise person who plans and prepares for later. Yet,
the future is never to be seen as a sure thing. We have no idea what is going
to happen in the days ahead, so all plans need to allow for room for them to be
changed.
James pronounced the same truth, “Now listen,
you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year
there, carry on business and make money.’ Why, you do not even know what will
happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while
and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, ‘If it is the Lord’s will, we
will live and do this or that.’” (James 4:13-15)
Make plans for tomorrow, but make them in the
realization that God may have other things in mind for us. So, hold your plans
lightly, being open to the direction of the Lord.
A sickness or other situation may come that
requires you to let go of your plans. An opportunity you had never dreamed of
may open up to you. These can be God’s course corrections. Don’t be so set in
your own plans or stubborn that you miss the changes that God wants to bring
into your life.
His, by Grace,
Steve
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