TRUST GOD FOR TOMORROW

MONDAY, 20TH NOVEMBER, 2023.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE – General Overseer

TOPIC: TRUST GOD FOR TOMORROW 

MEMORISE: Do not boast about tomorrow. For you do not know what a day may bring forth (Proverbs 27:1).

SCRIPTURE READING: James 4:13-17

13.   Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; 14.  whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. 15. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.” 16.   But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. 17.   Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

EXPOSITION

Is it wrong for Christians to make plans? No. What James 4 warns against is living our lives and making plans as if God doesn't exist. Such amounts to practical atheism. As simple as life is, it is not as easy as ABC. It takes God to take care of the good, the bad and the ugly of tomorrow. The stern warning here by James is not the desire to make a profit out of business, nor is he condemning careful planning, but rather, the foolish presumption that characterises people's planning without God in it. He says, *Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that" (Jas. 4:15).

The writer of Proverbs 16:3 counsels, *Commit your works* (actions) *to the LORD, and your thoughts* (plans) *will be established* (succeed). Believers in God are not to arrogate anything, especially success, to themselves, because that amounts to pride and free-thinking. The Scripture says, *For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have* [talents, treasures, opportunities, and etcetera] *that you did not receive? Now if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?* (1 Cor. 4:7). Give every praise and glory to God, the Giver of all things, in whatever you plan or anticipate. Take lessons from the parable of the Rich Fool in Luke 12:15-20. James warns, *But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil* (Jas. 4:16). Brethren, let us cease from living as atheists claiming to be Christians.

PRAYER POINT:  Lord, I trust you for my future. Help me and give me direction in life in Jesus Name.

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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