READ: JAMES 4:13-17
“Except the LORD build the house, they labor
in vain that build it; except the LORD keep the city, the watchman wakes but in
vain” (Psalm 127:1).
Another factor responsible for wastage of time and resources is planning without God. Many plan but do not carry God along. Psalm 37:5 says, “Commit your way to the LORD; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass”. Any plan you make without God can become rubbles at anytime. But if you make God the foundation of your plans, He will be the One to effect the plan. To come with a winning plan, you must have an idea of what you hope to accomplish; submit it to God and where necessary yield your will to His; have faith in whatever plan He eventually approves for you and pursue that plan as He leads you every step of the way.
Do you know God is interested in every area of your life? Each year, you should team up with the Lord to set financial, spiritual, academic, social, mental and ministerial goals. Today’s reading condemns planning without God. Matthew 6:34 says every day has a measure of evil already programmed into it by the enemy. Yet God has a will for every day. The only way you can achieve a winning goal is by praying, “Your will be done” (Matthew 6:10).
Frivolous talks, gossips, talkativeness, etc. take a good part out of the lives of believers who cannot control their tongues. Many people prefer to talk over problems with friends outside whereas the Friend inside has not been informed. You can redeem such waste by cutting off ungodly counsel and involvement in unprofitable talks (Psalm 1:1-3). Ecclesiastes 3:7 says there is a time to speak and a time to be quiet. A fool who keeps quiet when he should would be considered wise at that moment. A wise man would be seen to have lost a measure of wisdom when he speaks at the time he should be quiet. Are you always talking? Keep your mouth shut. Learn to be quiet in His presence. The reason some people are always talking is because they love to hear themselves, not because it is essential. God cannot trust talkative believers. They would have revealed their secrets to the enemy before they realize it. Time spent on frivolous talk can never be regained.
Another factor responsible for wastage of time and resources is planning without God. Many plan but do not carry God along. Psalm 37:5 says, “Commit your way to the LORD; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass”. Any plan you make without God can become rubbles at anytime. But if you make God the foundation of your plans, He will be the One to effect the plan. To come with a winning plan, you must have an idea of what you hope to accomplish; submit it to God and where necessary yield your will to His; have faith in whatever plan He eventually approves for you and pursue that plan as He leads you every step of the way.
Do you know God is interested in every area of your life? Each year, you should team up with the Lord to set financial, spiritual, academic, social, mental and ministerial goals. Today’s reading condemns planning without God. Matthew 6:34 says every day has a measure of evil already programmed into it by the enemy. Yet God has a will for every day. The only way you can achieve a winning goal is by praying, “Your will be done” (Matthew 6:10).
Frivolous talks, gossips, talkativeness, etc. take a good part out of the lives of believers who cannot control their tongues. Many people prefer to talk over problems with friends outside whereas the Friend inside has not been informed. You can redeem such waste by cutting off ungodly counsel and involvement in unprofitable talks (Psalm 1:1-3). Ecclesiastes 3:7 says there is a time to speak and a time to be quiet. A fool who keeps quiet when he should would be considered wise at that moment. A wise man would be seen to have lost a measure of wisdom when he speaks at the time he should be quiet. Are you always talking? Keep your mouth shut. Learn to be quiet in His presence. The reason some people are always talking is because they love to hear themselves, not because it is essential. God cannot trust talkative believers. They would have revealed their secrets to the enemy before they realize it. Time spent on frivolous talk can never be regained.
MEMORIZE: JAMES
4:15 –For that you ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this,
or that.
