On the cusp of embracing the New Year, I had called a family meeting prior and set-out to discuss our respective goals and objectives. We all spoke at length about the things we wanted to achieve, cities we wanted to visit, schools we wanted to attend, setting a timeline to completing my doctorate, etc. As we were listening to and asking questions for clarity on some of our objectives; I sensed a strong nudge and a particular thought and scripture rose up in me; hear what the Biblical verse says, 13 Come now [and pay attention to this], you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and carry on our business and make a profit.” 15 Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen in your life tomorrow. [What is secure in your life?] You are merely a vapor [like a puff of smoke or a wisp of steam from a cooking pot] that is visible for a little while and then vanishes [into thin air]. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and we will do this or that.” 16 But as it is, you boast [vainly] in your pretension and arrogance. All such boasting is evil. 17 So any person who knows what is right to do but does not do it, to him it is sin. Read James 4:13-17 (AMP). Continue reading “Are you certain about tomorrow: who holds your tomorrow? Part 1”
