James: True Faith Truly Works – “Deo Volente” (James 4:13-17)

James 4:13-17 (NASB) 13 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.” 14 Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. For you are just a vapor that appears for a little while, and then vanishes away. 15 Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.” 16 But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil. 17 So for one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, for him it is sin. Two big problems with making plans & decisions apart from seeking God’s will: 1) It is foolish to act like you are in control of the future (4:13-14) 2) It is arrogance and evil to neglect God’s will (4:16-17) How to make plans & decisions in honor of Christ: 3) Seek the Lord’s will in everything you do (4:15)