BOASTING ABOUT TOMORROW JAMES 4:13-17

BOASTING ABOUT TOMORROW

   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."  As it is, you boast and brag.  All such boasting is evil.  Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins.  James 4: 13-17  (NIV)

LIFE APPLICATION STUDY BIBLE COMMENTARY  NIV

   It is good to have goals, but goals will disappoint us if we leave God out of them.  There is no point in making plans as though God does not exist, because the future is in His hands.  What would you like to be doing ten years from now?  One year from now?  Tomorrow?  How will you react if God steps in and rearranges your plans?  Plan ahead, but hold your plans loosely.  Put God's desires at the center of your planning; He will never disappoint you.

   Life is short no matter how many years we live.  Don't be deceived into thinking that you have lots of remaining time to live for Christ, to enjoy your loved ones, or to do what you know you should.  Live for God today!  Then, no matter when your life ends, you will have fulfilled God's plan for you.

MY THOUGHTS

  We are not guaranteed tomorrow.  If we live as though this is the last week of our lives, we will have fewer regrets when our time is finally up.  Praise God daily, for He is worthy.  Pray for peace in Jerusalem and for God's abundant blessings upon His chosen people, because God will bless those who bless them, and curse those who curse them.