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“If the Lord Wills”
Categories: Minister's CornerInstead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that." - James 4:15
We all make plans! We have plans for travel, plans for business, plans for family, for fun, and for the future. For me, part of the fun is planning.
We even have great quotes for planning. Check these out…
1. “A goal without a plan is just a wish.”
2. “In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” …
3. “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”
4. “Good planning without good working is nothing.” …
5. “Plan your work and work your plan.”
My personal favorite is….”Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” (Mary Oliver). The reason I love this quote is because it is the one question about planning that has the greatest impact.
Someone once said, “How we spend our days is how we spend our lives” which is also very true and it takes a lot of time, prayer, study, and thoughtful planning to spend a life well and to be prepared for eternity.
Are your 2020 plans made within the walls of God’s will? Many hapless, helpless, and hopeless people don’t consider the Lord or His will when deciding and planning how life will be lived or whether they will meet God in eternity.
Decide now to include the Lord in your 2020 plan and be prepared to meet Him in eternity so you can hear Him say, “Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.”
“Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit"; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that." But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. (James 4:13-16)
