James 4: If the Lord Wills
Scripture
James 4
James quotes the confident planner: today or tomorrow we will go to such a town, spend a year there, trade and make a profit.
His objection is not to planning. It is to the missing clause. You do not know what tomorrow brings; you are a mist that appears and vanishes.
What he recommends is small: say instead, if the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.
Four words added to a sentence, and they quietly relocate who is in charge of the year.
Want a daily verse and reading plan reminders? Get the free BiblePro app.
Faitau le Tusi Pa'ia i aso uma ma le BiblePro
Su'esu'ega AI i le Tusi Pa'ia, Tusi Pa'ia fa'alogo, fa'aliliuga fa'atasi, meafaigaluega Eleni ma Eperu ma fuafuaga faitau — e leai se totogi, i le fa'aPeretania, fa'aSaina, fa'aPama ma le fa'aTaialani.
Sii ifo le BiblePro
Ua lafo lau manatu ma o le a fa'aalia pe a uma ona siaki.
Ulu atu e fiafia ai ma tu'u ai se manatu