DON'T BOAST OF TOMORROW

TUESDAY, 21ST NOVEMBER, 2023.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE – General Overseer

TOPIC: DON'T BOAST OF TOMORROW

MEMORIZE:  "There are many plans in a man's heart, nevertheless the LORD's counsel that will stand." (Proverbs 19:21).

SCRIPTURE READING: Luke 12:16-20

"Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully.   And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’    So he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods.  And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.”’   But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’"

EXPOSITION 

 Just a phone call about an accident, a text message about a cough turned high fever, a stomach-ache, an office apartment engulfed in flames of fire, or being caught in a sporadic gunfire at a recreation park, and etcetera, can alter a day's plan, if not a lifetime! Life is too complex than not bringing God into our plans as Christians. Life is uncertain to us, but not to God. So, instead of boasting about the validity of your plans, commit them to the Lord. Lots of people love to celebrate their birthdays. Of course, God tells us to number our days, but this is aimed at helping us *gain a heart of wisdom* (Psa. 90:12). Life on earth is like a vapour when compared with eternity. Don't waste your life on what is ephemeral

Before Thomas A Kempis wrote, "Man proposes but God disposes, King Solomon had written it first: *We toss the coin, but it is the Lord who controls its decision* (Prov 16:33 LB) And Psalm 146:4 (NLT) says, *When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, and all their plans die with them.* Know assuredly that man cannot control future events of his own, for man has neither the wisdom to see the future not the power to control it! Make your boasts only in God (Jer. 9:23-24). James did not insert the word, *If the Lord wills* (Jas. 4:15) as some magical incantation we simply add to the end of a sentence, which will suddenly change our plans to God's. Rather, *the Lord wills* must be the core of whatever we plan as Christians (Jn. 4:34). Do not be the rich fool who boasted about tomorrow he would never see.

PRAYER POINT: Lord, I put mu trust in you for my better tomorrow in Jesus Name.

ii. Lord, I hereby submit myself to the study of your word so that I will know clearly your word, way and will.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  Acts 10 - 12.

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ANCHOR OF LIFE is the daily devotional guide written by PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE, General Overseer, Anchor of Life & Redemption Ministry Int’l. It is an extraction of God’s word designed to draw the sincere seekers closer to God on a daily basis through an insightful exposition and analysis of God’s Word. 

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