If the Lord wills...

Wow. Four words is all it took to humble me this morning. Amazing how the Word of God can have that impact on someone.

In recent conversations with different people the question, "What do you plan on doing after college?" Has come up and my response has always been, graduate, get a job, buy a house, buy a car, get involved at a church, and for the sake of my Grandmother's sanity, have a wife. Don't get me wrong, these are all great things to plan for, hope for, pray for... But how often do we get caught up in our own good intentions and start thinking, "Hey, this is attainable! I'm doing really good!" Then we stop planning, because the plan is in motion. We stop hoping, because we start getting a glimpse of the final product. We stop praying... Because God has provided a means.

James 4:15 says "If the Lord wills..."

In this passage James is telling of merchants who plan on doing business in cities far way, the are PLANNING on going in the future, HOPING to make a profit, but no where in there does it talk about these merchants putting it in the hands of God.

The scripture goes on to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that."

If it is the Lord's will for you to live and you are living in the Lord's will, THEN you will carry ou the plans He has made for you.

If it is the Lord's will for you to do these things, and you are living inside of God's will for your life, you have nothing to worry about!

However don't think that just because it is God's will for your life that will just automatically happen. Some people think that they can live their life outside of the way God expects us to live, and still be in the will of God. This baffles me!

If you want God to open doors for you, you have to be in the right room.

Matthew 6:33, straight from the mouth of Jesus himself.
"But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you."