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“Ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that” (James 4:15).
We all like to make plans for the future, and perhaps we speak rather confidently of what we will do tomorrow, or next week, and even next year. If we always made those plans in perfect fellowship with the Lord, we could be confident that we would be able to do what we had planned. But the Word of God recognizes that sometimes we make our own plans, and they are not the Lord’s plans. That is why we should always say, “If the Lord will,” we will do this or that.
We notice that first of all, our verse says, “If the Lord will, we shall live.” We must recognize that we may not even be alive later today, or even one hour from now. The Lord could say to the wealthy farmer in Luke 12, “This night thy soul shall be required of thee.” But even if we are alive, the Lord may allow circumstances to come along that prevent our being able to carry out our plans. My wife and I planned a trip in early 2020, but then Covid-19 came along, and it had to be canceled. But what the Lord allows in our lives is always for our blessing, and we should not resent it if He changes our plans.
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