We all have our dreams, our desires, our thoughts for our futures. But do we place the confidence in the planning of our futures in our abilities? There is nothing stable in plans for the future, no plan or man has any guarantees. But there is one guarantee of eternity, and where you will spend it. That Promiser also holds all your time here in His hands. You are not able to control everything….period.

Planning

James 4:13-14     Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will d go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

I am gonna do this. I am gonna do that. I am gonna put my mind to this thing and accomplish this goal that I have in life, for if I put my mind to it, I know that…… What is the common denominator in that statement – < I >. All of these statements are good intentions, but full of pride, and pride is evil. It breeds our abilities, and our arrogance that come from our society of today. I love how David Platt’s book Radical shows how the American Dream viewpoint has invaded the Gospel along this line. We have been bread here in America for this mindset for centuries.

There is nothing wrong with planning, dreaming, or investing your resources in the future if you realize Who holds the future. All of these plans have the tendency to create anxiety over them though, thinking that it all rests in our hands. Matthew 6:34 says “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” We must let go of even our best laid plans, and turn over them to God. This is accomplished by letting go of the pride that indwells in us, and praying for guidance in the tasks we are trying to accomplish. He has it all in His hands, so quit trying to take it out of them