Brothers and sisters, don’t say evil things about each other. Whoever insults or criticizes a brother or sister insults and criticizes the Law. If you find fault with the Law, you are not a doer of the Law but a judge over it. There is only one lawgiver and judge, and he is able to save and to destroy. But you who judge your neighbor, who are you? Pay attention, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such-and-such a town. We will stay there a year, buying and selling, and making a profit.” You don’t really know about tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for only a short while before it vanishes. Here’s what you ought to say: “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” But now you boast and brag, and all such boasting is evil. (James 4:11-16, CEB)
Basically, this passage says don’t make plans unless you say that it is the Lord’s will. Because saying you will do something is boasting in yourself.
I always heard we will be there if the lord wills it and the creek don’t rise. Sometimes things are out of our control and how we deal with that shows as much about who we are.
Know you aren’t really in control. God is.
Love and let everything else fall into place.
Loving People. Loving God.
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