| | Making Difficult Decisions
In the day of prosperity be happy, But in the day of adversity consider--God has made the one as well as the other so that man will not discover anything that will be after him. (Ecclesiastes 7:14)
God has made the day of prosperity and the day of hardship. Why? So that man will never be able to foresee or anticipate the future. God alone owns that. Man is always dependent on God, day-to-day.
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit." Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. Instead, you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that." But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil. Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin. (James 4:13-17)
Decision-making is dependent on faith in Christ, fear of the Lord, prudence, consideration of others (including care of family), understanding the brevity of life, knowing the principles of the Word, and realizing human plans are subject to change "as the Lord wills." |
| | Posted 3/3/2006 11:12 AM - 19 views - 0 comments
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