Today I again shared with someone the current step that my heavenly Father has led me to take; following that by sharing my current understanding* of His plan for my future: purposefully adding the meaningful, sincerely-spoken phrase, "Lord-willing."
Tonight I was reminded (as I've thought about a few times in this time of transition), of the place that phrase comes from: James 4:13-16. As it happens, "my" goals are very similar to those of the people James was writing.
In this passage, James calls our attention to the fact that our very life is in God's hand, moment by moment. No one, saved or lost, is an exception. Whether each of us choose to acknowledge it or not. God's will: the length of my life.
But further, for the Christian, whose aim it is to please God in all things, and to do what God wants, this "if the Lord wills..." is a statement of surrender. It is an intentional commitment to walk in the Spirit, and follow the voice of the Shepherd.
If the Lord wills, I will live...
If the Lord wills, I will do this or that...
*I am already very cognizant of the truth that my understanding of God's purposes for my life change as I walk with Him, though He changes not.
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