James 4:15-17
Planning one's life is something we all do in some way or
fashion. In the last post, I already
explained that planning to do great things is rather pointless. But there is always a loophole isn't there? Surely if when we say to another person,
"I'm going to travel China and become a famous singer," it would be
okay as long as I added the words, "If the Lord wills it," at the
beginning. Yeah, no.
That is actually what you should say at the beginning. It is the reason behind it that is wrong
still. You are boasting. It doesn't matter if you bluntly boast like
in the last post or arrogantly boast as I showed here. Boasting is evil. You can read that in James 4:16 at the end of
the text. We were called to be
humble.
Personally, when someone boasts a lot, I tend to start to
withdraw from them. Their words create
negative feelings: inadequacy, jealousy, lustful admiration... but for everyone
it is different. People are quick to
congratulate, but after too much it has the opposite affect that God's people
should be creating in others.
So if you know that you are supposed to life a good life a
certain way and how to go about that whether it is your words or attitudes...
then don't. You have sinned.
And a quick reminder.
Sin is deadly.
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