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“Ye know not what shall be on the morrow…for that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that” (James 4:14-15).
Once again, we see in today’s verses that it is all right to make some plans, but we should do so in the fear of the Lord, and with the realization that it is He that is in control of our lives. The Lord is the only One who knows the future before it happens, and knows what we may be able to do. How many times have our circumstances changed from one day to the next, and perhaps made us change our plans!
If we make our plans before the Lord, we will seek His mind about what we plan to do, again realizing that our whole responsibility in this world is to look after Christ’s interests, and to live to please Him. If we think like this, we will not be boasting about what we expect to do, but rather make plans with the Lord before us. Then we will always say, “If the Lord will, we will do this or that.”
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