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Daily Devotion - Episode 174 - Is it Wrong to Plan for Your Future
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.” You don’t even know what tomorrow will bring—what your life will be! For you are like smoke that appears for a little while, then vanishes. Instead, you should say, If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that. James 4:13-15 (HCSB)
I’ll admit it—I’m a planner.
My default is to embrace and run after all things calculated and carefully considered. Not only does having and keeping a good plan in place calm my nerves, it also helps me to feel in control and prepared for whatever might come my way. Adding to that, a good plan keeps me moving forward, especially when insecurities threaten to slow me down or laziness tempts me to take it easy and coast.
But is planning actually the only wise and productive choice, or is it sometimes just a foolish and arrogant illusion?
Should you and I cautiously determine our every step all along the way? Or should we throw caution to the wind and boldly follow God’s steps wherever they might lead?
It seems like this passage from James points to the latter of these two options. James was contrasting our human way of doing things—planning out our futures—with God’s steady, certain and already predetermined plan for us. Ultimately, this means we must accept the fact that no amount of planning on our part can alter God’s providential will and way.
Still, that doesn’t negate the role God expects us to play in His plans. He wants us to persistently ask Him to reveal His will to us all along the way. That’s because God uses our prayerful dependence on Him as a catalyst for bringing about His will, while at the same time, strengthening our faith to choose His will above our own.
In what ways are you running ahead of God, planning something without seeking perspective into His plan for you?
Ask the Lord to reveal any areas where you might be doing this, then listen and respond to what He reveals. Using this open-handed and faith-based approach will offer you the best way to plan for your future, revealing God's best as a result.
Read the full devotion at https://devotableapp.com/daily-devotion-is-it-wrong-to-plan-for-your-future/
I’ll admit it—I’m a planner.
My default is to embrace and run after all things calculated and carefully considered. Not only does having and keeping a good plan in place calm my nerves, it also helps me to feel in control and prepared for whatever might come my way. Adding to that, a good plan keeps me moving forward, especially when insecurities threaten to slow me down or laziness tempts me to take it easy and coast.
But is planning actually the only wise and productive choice, or is it sometimes just a foolish and arrogant illusion?
Should you and I cautiously determine our every step all along the way? Or should we throw caution to the wind and boldly follow God’s steps wherever they might lead?
It seems like this passage from James points to the latter of these two options. James was contrasting our human way of doing things—planning out our futures—with God’s steady, certain and already predetermined plan for us. Ultimately, this means we must accept the fact that no amount of planning on our part can alter God’s providential will and way.
Still, that doesn’t negate the role God expects us to play in His plans. He wants us to persistently ask Him to reveal His will to us all along the way. That’s because God uses our prayerful dependence on Him as a catalyst for bringing about His will, while at the same time, strengthening our faith to choose His will above our own.
In what ways are you running ahead of God, planning something without seeking perspective into His plan for you?
Ask the Lord to reveal any areas where you might be doing this, then listen and respond to what He reveals. Using this open-handed and faith-based approach will offer you the best way to plan for your future, revealing God's best as a result.
Read the full devotion at https://devotableapp.com/daily-devotion-is-it-wrong-to-plan-for-your-future/
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By DevotableCome now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.” You don’t even know what tomorrow will bring—what your life will be! For you are like smoke that appears for a little while, then vanishes. Instead, you should say, If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that. James 4:13-15 (HCSB)
I’ll admit it—I’m a planner.
My default is to embrace and run after all things calculated and carefully considered. Not only does having and keeping a good plan in place calm my nerves, it also helps me to feel in control and prepared for whatever might come my way. Adding to that, a good plan keeps me moving forward, especially when insecurities threaten to slow me down or laziness tempts me to take it easy and coast.
But is planning actually the only wise and productive choice, or is it sometimes just a foolish and arrogant illusion?
Should you and I cautiously determine our every step all along the way? Or should we throw caution to the wind and boldly follow God’s steps wherever they might lead?
It seems like this passage from James points to the latter of these two options. James was contrasting our human way of doing things—planning out our futures—with God’s steady, certain and already predetermined plan for us. Ultimately, this means we must accept the fact that no amount of planning on our part can alter God’s providential will and way.
Still, that doesn’t negate the role God expects us to play in His plans. He wants us to persistently ask Him to reveal His will to us all along the way. That’s because God uses our prayerful dependence on Him as a catalyst for bringing about His will, while at the same time, strengthening our faith to choose His will above our own.
In what ways are you running ahead of God, planning something without seeking perspective into His plan for you?
Ask the Lord to reveal any areas where you might be doing this, then listen and respond to what He reveals. Using this open-handed and faith-based approach will offer you the best way to plan for your future, revealing God's best as a result.
Read the full devotion at https://devotableapp.com/daily-devotion-is-it-wrong-to-plan-for-your-future/
I’ll admit it—I’m a planner.
My default is to embrace and run after all things calculated and carefully considered. Not only does having and keeping a good plan in place calm my nerves, it also helps me to feel in control and prepared for whatever might come my way. Adding to that, a good plan keeps me moving forward, especially when insecurities threaten to slow me down or laziness tempts me to take it easy and coast.
But is planning actually the only wise and productive choice, or is it sometimes just a foolish and arrogant illusion?
Should you and I cautiously determine our every step all along the way? Or should we throw caution to the wind and boldly follow God’s steps wherever they might lead?
It seems like this passage from James points to the latter of these two options. James was contrasting our human way of doing things—planning out our futures—with God’s steady, certain and already predetermined plan for us. Ultimately, this means we must accept the fact that no amount of planning on our part can alter God’s providential will and way.
Still, that doesn’t negate the role God expects us to play in His plans. He wants us to persistently ask Him to reveal His will to us all along the way. That’s because God uses our prayerful dependence on Him as a catalyst for bringing about His will, while at the same time, strengthening our faith to choose His will above our own.
In what ways are you running ahead of God, planning something without seeking perspective into His plan for you?
Ask the Lord to reveal any areas where you might be doing this, then listen and respond to what He reveals. Using this open-handed and faith-based approach will offer you the best way to plan for your future, revealing God's best as a result.
Read the full devotion at https://devotableapp.com/daily-devotion-is-it-wrong-to-plan-for-your-future/