“Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.” Proverbs 27:1.
How many of you ever boast of tomorrow? How many say, “Tomorrow I am going to do this or that”? Perhaps all of you do.
We often plan work and play for the morrow, but can we be sure we will carry out our plans? No, we cannot, for we know not what a day may bring forth. We never know what may happen before tomorrow comes. We often hear of people who are well and strong one day and in eternity before the next. Some go to rest at night and never awake. Some are instantly killed by a terrible accident.
But many things beside death upset our plans. An enjoyable trip may be planned, and a severe storm make it necessary to give up that trip.
Sickness, unexpected work, and various other things often hinder the carrying out of our plans.
So dear children, do not boast of what you are going to do tomorrow. Remember that verse in James 4:15:
“For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.”
Everything depends on God’s will and we should not want or hope to do anything, unless it is His will.
ML 06/28/1903