the starting point in facing 2012…

now james doesn’t just look at the mistake of planning without GOD he also gives the solution which is to include GOD in your goal setting.

james 4.15 (niv), instead you ought to say, “if it is the LORD’s will, we will live and do this or that.”

have you ever realized that even the best laid plans of mice and men often fall through?  there’s a thing called murphy’s law.  if things can go wrong, they will.  count on it!

life is just one big if.  right in the middle of life is if.  life is really pretty if-fy.  i don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow, you don’t either.  i can make an educated guess but planning without GOD is presumptuous.

the starting point in facing the future is to say, “GOD, what do you want me to do?  what do you want me not to do?”  planning without GOD is presumptuous.

he says, we should preface all of our planning with the phrase, if the LORD wills. couldn’t that be a cliche?  of course.  you could trivialize it but he’s not saying that.  he’s saying that the whole attitude of our life should be “it’s up to GOD.  whatever HE wants me to do is what i want.”  it’s just a good reminder.

CHRISTians for hundreds of years used to write the initials d. v. at the end of their letters.  they’d sign their name and then write d. v..  they stood for the latin phrase, “DEO valente” – “LORD willing”.  james says that ought to be our response to life.  it’s ok to plan but include GOD in your plans and goal setting.

just a thought from the front porch…