I am a planner and really do not like change. When things are not planned or they change for no good reason I struggle to embrace. God has his plan that we are to embrace and that plan for us is about the now and allowing God to take care of tomorrow.
“13Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit’—14yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15Instead you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.’” – James 4:13-15 (ESV)
We are tasked by the Lord to live in the moment. We do not know what tomorrow holds and therefore should live for the Lord today. Notice the last 5 words of the previous sentence, “live for the Lord today”. We are in a position as children of God to obey and that includes obeying in the moment.
Don’t get me wrong, planning is a good thing and something that we should do. Margaret Thatcher said, “Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.” “Today and every day” not for the next day or into next week or for a lifetime, but for today. That really fits into the words of James here. We are to work on today and let God prepare for tomorrow and let us know that when we get there.
When you embark on your day, are you working for the Lord? What plans are you making, are then centered on your work for the Lord? Are you planning your work for the day, or are you working on the future? Are you able to know today and if the Lord wills, know tomorrow?
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