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Saturday... It is another day. It really is.


Saturday... It is another day. It really is.

And that is about the extent of what we really know. isn't it? 

Tell me this, when you wake up tomorrow morning, what will be the first thought you will think? Oh, I'm sure we can surmise but we really don't know what tomorrow holds. Oh we have plans, we have desires, we have hopes but do we really know? Do we?

James in the New Testament wrote a very practical book. He gives so much good advice and truth and he had in chapter 4 some thoughts on this. 

In verses 13-15 (MSG) he says, "And now I have a word for you who brashly announce, 'Today - at the latest tomorrow - we're off to such and such city for the year. We're going to start a business and make a lot of money." Yes, it is important to have some plans about our future but then he says, "You don't know the first thing about tomorrow." Just because we make plans doesn't mean that it is going to happen.

He goes on, "You're nothing but a wisp of fog, catching a brief bit of sun before disappearing. Instead, make it a habit to say, "If the Master wills it, and we're still alive, we'll do this or that."

And here is the problem. In verses 16-17, he says, "As it is, you are full of your grandious selves. All such vaunting self-importance is evil. In fact, if you know the right thing to do and don't do it, that for you is evil." The NLT says, "Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it." It's a real problem.

This is the problem of Adam and Eve, back in the first book in the Bible.. They thought they knew more about their tomorrows than God did. I don't know if you have caught this but Satan never asks us to worship him. No, he always comes to us with worshiping ourselves. That's what he did in heaven. He came to the conclusion that he knew more than God so God kicked him out of heaven. This is a real problem to God.

This making plans without seeking God's will is a problem. For one, it doesn't make sense because God knows everything and we don't. But we think we do and therein is the real problem.

Verses 6-10  (MSG) says, "It's common knowledge that 'God goes against the proud; God gives grace to the humble.' So let God work his will in you. Yell a loud no to the Devil and watch him make himself scarce. Say a quiet yes to God and he'll be be there in no time. Quit dabbling in sin. Purify your inner life. Quit playing the field. Hit bottom, and cry your eyes out. The fun and games are over. Get serious, really serious. Get down on your knees before the Master; it's the only way you'll get on your feet." It really is.

It's another day. It really is Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


 

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