“For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.” (James 4:15-16)
When Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane just before the agony of the cross, He said, “Oh, my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.” (Matthew 26:39) Jesus was totally given to the Father’s will. The Bible calls on us through our text to seek the Father’s will in all things.
James’ original readers were given to boasting and rejoicing in their plans. The Bible says that such boasting is evil.
Unless we have sought God’s will in our planning, let us not presume upon Him that He will bless our plans.
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