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The Lord’s Plan

August 25, 2014 by John Hembree Leave a Comment

What's The Plan

“If the Lord wants us to, we shall live and do this or that.  Otherwise you will be bragging about your own plans, and such self-confidence never pleases God.”  James 4:15-16 (TLB)

James had a manner of direct blunt communication, but with a sense of love.

A velvet hammer.

None of us can predict the Lord’s plan.

No one person can be assured of tomorrow.

Or the day after that.

I find, however, great hope in this letter from James.

He warns not to find confidence in the plans you or I have made.

And then he follows up in the fifth chapter with these words, in which we can all find hope.

“Job is an example of a man who continued to trust the Lord in sorrow; from his experiences we can see how the Lord’s plan finally ended in good, for he is full of tenderness and mercy.”  James 5:11 (TLB)

Regardless of the suffering and sorrow, when one is following the Lord’s plan, it will always end in good.

John

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