If the Lord wills!

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.”
— James 4:14

THOUGHT:
“If the Lord wills!” Do you do short term and long range planning? I do. But my planning always has an invisible asterisk:
“If Lord, this is your will and your timing.” I don’t know about you, but God has shown me time and again that if I will be open to him, his timing is always better than my planning. Does that mean I quit planning? Nope. I just plan with prayer, asking for wisdom and the Holy Spirit to help me find God’s timing to know and do his will (James 1:5-6 & Ephesians 5:15-18).

Jas 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from God, who gives to all freely and with no reproach, and it will be given to him.
Jas 1:6 But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing. For the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, being driven by wind and being tossed;

Eph 5:15 Then watch how carefully you walk, not as unwise, but as wise ones,
Eph 5:16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Eph 5:17 For this reason, do not be foolish, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Eph 5:18 And “do not be drunk with wine,” in which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,

Life is too short to not plan with prayer and to not walk led by the Spirit!

On this day…

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