"Look here you who say today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog, here for a little while and then it is gone. What you out to say is, If the Lord is willing, we will live to do this or that."
What about your tomorrow? Have you planned out your day or your whole life? Have you planned for the kind of spouse you will marry and how many children you will have? Have you planned you job or vocation? Do you know for certain what town you will live in and what kind of home you will have? Then there is the big question; how long will you live, to what age? How will you die and of what cause? At any given time we may have short, intermediate or long term goals, but, that is just a plan, not reality. When ever you make a plan for tomorrow or for you life, remember the One Truth Today. IF THE LORD IS WILLING, we will live to do this or that. We are going to do this or that, GOD WILLING!
No one knows what will happen in their tomorrow. How many times have you been surprised by events and happenings that dramatically changed your life? Look back on your life and you will see that you are not really in control of the world. The true nature of our life is like a wisp of smoke or a temporary fog. We are visible for a little while and then we are gone. Like fame and fortune we are fleeting, here today and gone tomorrow. How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? You do not! WHAT ABOUT TOMORROW? We will do this or that IF THE LORD IS WILLING! If the Lord wants us to, we will live to do this or that.
This is a simple acknowledgement on our part that God is control of the Universe, the world and even our lives. If our plans are in concert with His will, then they will occur. Remember Julius Cesar thought he was the emperor of the world and a God, but in fact when he called for the census that brought Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus Christ, it was God that was in control. We should never proclaim our future or be presumptuous and full of self conceit about our plans. Boasting about tomorrow is just that. When you are planning your tomorrows make sure you remember to add GOD WILLING or IF THE LORD IS WILLING!
