Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15 Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will,we will live and do this or that.”
James 4:13-15 (NIV)
James 4:13-15 (NIV)
Often times we find ourselves so confident in our plans that we ultimately forget about God's plan. But how can we understand the lesson in our battles now if we're continuously thinking about the strategics of the next fight? Deo Volente is a Latin phrase that translates to "God Willing." In saying this ultimately we give ourselves a fighting chance. Even though life does get crazy sometimes, it instills hope and reminds us that our trust rests with God. "This is what I would like to happen, God, my father is it okay with you/is it in your will?" Is what we are ultimately saying. |
We get so caught up in trying to manage parts of our lives that we have yet to even be properly trained for. Our present time is spent planning tomorrow! How crazy does that sound? I am a repeat offender of this, trying to supervise my own life. That was me..feeling pressurized by false senses of following God's will, while I'm actually trying to make my own way. Wasting the very root of today forgetting to just "be" and allowing the pressures of "time" to rule. As children of God we have already been promised a life of abundance! "And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work" (2 Corinthians 9:8).
I pray an abundance of hope, overflowing amounts of joy, and a new cultivated mindset into each and everyone of your lives. You're going to accomplish all that God has instilled in you, and conquer all battles. Deo Volente.
I pray an abundance of hope, overflowing amounts of joy, and a new cultivated mindset into each and everyone of your lives. You're going to accomplish all that God has instilled in you, and conquer all battles. Deo Volente.