Faithful Living in Uncertain Times
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"None of us know the future. We don't know what's gonna happen tomorrow, much less next year or next month, or even this coming week. You know, just months ago, no one could have imagined how different our lives and our world would be with this pandemic. Now to be a human being is to live your entire life not knowing the future. The future is unknown. The future is uncertain and the future is unpredictable." [00:01:09]
"Now, James 4 the next couple of verses say this, verses 14 to 16. 'You don't even know what will happen tomorrow.' He says, you know, you make an all plans about we're gonna go to this city and do this and build this and start this business. He says, you don't even know what's gonna happen tomorrow. And your life is as brief as the midst of a morning fog." [00:15:18]
"Now, did you notice that in this big master plan, this guy has for his future is not a single mention of God in his planning? It's all about self-reliance. And four times he says, we will do this. We will do this. We will do that. We will do this. We will, we will, we will, we will. There's nothing about God's will. It's just about his will." [00:08:30]
"To have God's blessing, involve Him in my planning. If I want God's blessing, to have God's blessing, involve Him in my planning. That's the first principle of dealing with the future that you don't know. To have God's blessing involve him in my planning. Nothing wrong with planning. The Bible has a lot to say about that." [00:09:33]
"Pray as I plan my life or anything else. Pray as I plan my business, pray as I plan my project. Proverbs is full of planning principles, and God gives us a great promise in Proverbs 3. Proverbs 3:5-6 says this: 'Trust in the Lord with all your heart. And don't depend on your own understanding. In all your plans, acknowledge Him. And He will direct your paths.'" [00:10:05]
"Live one day at a time and make it count. That's the next thing that James says about the future. Fortunately, the good news about the future is it doesn't hit you all at once. We get it in bite size, 24-hour segments. You know, if you got your entire life thrown at you all at once without any doubt, it'd be overwhelming." [00:21:11]
"God gives you just enough grace every day for each day. He doesn't stockpile all that power in your life and say, 'Oh, I'm gonna give it to you for the next week or the next month.' He says, give us this day, our daily bread, not our weekly bread, not our monthly bread. God says, I want you to take life one day at a time." [00:22:56]
"Delayed obedience is disobedience. So whatever you intend to do for God, do it now, whatever you need to do for your family, do it now. Don't wait till this pandemic's over. Whatever you need to do for your wife or your husband do it now. Whatever. You're not guaranteed tomorrow or next week or next month." [00:30:03]
"Now, the fact is procrastination, where you just keep delaying, you know, the right thing to do you just don't do it destroys your potential. It wastes your life. It misuses your time. It misses golden opportunities that God has given you. And that's why in the last verse of this passage, James 4:17, he says this." [00:25:27]
"Whatever it is that you need to do, do it now. Don't wait this pandemic to be over. Don't wait, don't waste another a week or month or months. 1 John 2:3 enforces this. 'We can be sure we know Christ. If we obey his commands and the one who says I know him, but doesn't do what he commands is a liar.'" [00:29:35]
"Let me give you another question. What excuse have you been using to not do what you know you need to do? Well, one of these days, one of these days, you keep saying one of these days, one of these days is none of these days, or 'I'm aiming'. I'm aiming to do it, Rick, I'm aiming. When are you gonna stop aiming and pull the trigger?" [00:29:39]
"Now, listen, if you're an average human being, you're gonna probably live on average. The average human being lives, 27,375 days, 27,375 days. Somebody figured that out, but you know what? You have no guarantee of tomorrow. And each of us is only one heartbeat away from eternity. So whatever you're gonna do with your life, you better get on it." [00:19:52]
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"Now, James 4 the next couple of verses say this, verses 14 to 16. 'You don't even know what will happen tomorrow.' He says, you know, you make an all plans about we're gonna go to this city and do this and build this and start this business. He says, you don't even know what's gonna happen tomorrow. And your life is as brief as the midst of a morning fog." [00:15:18]
"Now, did you notice that in this big master plan, this guy has for his future is not a single mention of God in his planning? It's all about self-reliance. And four times he says, we will do this. We will do this. We will do that. We will do this. We will, we will, we will, we will. There's nothing about God's will. It's just about his will." [00:08:30]
"To have God's blessing, involve Him in my planning. If I want God's blessing, to have God's blessing, involve Him in my planning. That's the first principle of dealing with the future that you don't know. To have God's blessing involve him in my planning. Nothing wrong with planning. The Bible has a lot to say about that." [00:09:33]
"Pray as I plan my life or anything else. Pray as I plan my business, pray as I plan my project. Proverbs is full of planning principles, and God gives us a great promise in Proverbs 3. Proverbs 3:5-6 says this: 'Trust in the Lord with all your heart. And don't depend on your own understanding. In all your plans, acknowledge Him. And He will direct your paths.'" [00:10:05]
"Live one day at a time and make it count. That's the next thing that James says about the future. Fortunately, the good news about the future is it doesn't hit you all at once. We get it in bite size, 24-hour segments. You know, if you got your entire life thrown at you all at once without any doubt, it'd be overwhelming." [00:21:11]
"God gives you just enough grace every day for each day. He doesn't stockpile all that power in your life and say, 'Oh, I'm gonna give it to you for the next week or the next month.' He says, give us this day, our daily bread, not our weekly bread, not our monthly bread. God says, I want you to take life one day at a time." [00:22:56]
"Delayed obedience is disobedience. So whatever you intend to do for God, do it now, whatever you need to do for your family, do it now. Don't wait till this pandemic's over. Whatever you need to do for your wife or your husband do it now. Whatever. You're not guaranteed tomorrow or next week or next month." [00:30:03]
"Now, the fact is procrastination, where you just keep delaying, you know, the right thing to do you just don't do it destroys your potential. It wastes your life. It misuses your time. It misses golden opportunities that God has given you. And that's why in the last verse of this passage, James 4:17, he says this." [00:25:27]
"Whatever it is that you need to do, do it now. Don't wait this pandemic to be over. Don't wait, don't waste another a week or month or months. 1 John 2:3 enforces this. 'We can be sure we know Christ. If we obey his commands and the one who says I know him, but doesn't do what he commands is a liar.'" [00:29:35]
"Let me give you another question. What excuse have you been using to not do what you know you need to do? Well, one of these days, one of these days, you keep saying one of these days, one of these days is none of these days, or 'I'm aiming'. I'm aiming to do it, Rick, I'm aiming. When are you gonna stop aiming and pull the trigger?" [00:29:39]
"Now, listen, if you're an average human being, you're gonna probably live on average. The average human being lives, 27,375 days, 27,375 days. Somebody figured that out, but you know what? You have no guarantee of tomorrow. And each of us is only one heartbeat away from eternity. So whatever you're gonna do with your life, you better get on it." [00:19:52]
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