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HOW TO FACE YOUR FUTURE
Developing a Faith That Works - Part 12 of 15
James 4:13-17
Rick Warren
My Idea: "Growing Believers respond to life with an awareness that all of life is in the hand of God."
James 4:13-17
Everyone is interested in the future.
James warns us about common mistakes we make regarding
the future.
3 COMMON MISTAKES TO AVOID
I. MISTAKE #1: _____________________________________________
"Now listen, you who say, `Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year
there, carry on business, and make money."
(vs.
13)
THE SOLUTION: ______________________________________
"Instead, you ought to say, `IF it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that."
(vs.
15)
"We may make our plans, but God has the last word."
Prov.
16:1 (GN)
"We should make plans -- counting on God to direct us."
Prov.
16:9 (LB)
II.
MISTAKE #2: _____________________________________________
"Why, you don't even know what will happen tomorrow.
What is your life?
You are a mist
that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
As it is, you boast and brag.
All such
boasting is evil."
(vs.
14 & 16)
Ps. 39:4-6; Ps. 102:3, 11; Job 4:7,9; Ps. 103:15
"Come," each one cries, "... Let us drink our fill of beer!
And tomorrow will be like today, or
even better!"
Isaiah 56:12
"Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth."
Prov.
27:1
THE SOLUTION: ______________________________
12-ii
"So don't be anxious about tomorrow -- God will take care of your tomorrow, too.
Live one
day at a time."
Matt.
6:34 (LB)
III.
MISTAKE #3: _____________________________________________
"Anyone then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it sins."
(vs.
17)
THE SOLUTION: ______________________________
"Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act.
Do not
say to your neighbor, `Come back later; I'll give it tomorrow' -- when you now have it with
you."
Prov.
3:27-28
Luke 12:16-20 -- A foolish man
"RIGHT NOW God is ready to welcome you.
TODAY He is ready to save you!" 2
Cor.
6:2 (LB)
HOW TO FACE YOUR FUTURE
Developing a Faith That Works - Part 12 of 15
James 4:13-17
Rick Warren
We're going to look at James 4:13-17 today and see what James has to say about “How to Face Your
Future.”
Americans have always been a forward-looking people.
An article in U.S. News and World
Report said right now we’re obsessed with the future.
We want to know what's going to happen next,
next year, next decade, next century.
We're preoccupied with the future.
It's amazing how people try
all kinds of different things to try to forecast the future: tea leaves, fortune cookies, astrology, palm
reading.
We try many different ways to get a grasp on the future.
We read books, subscribe to
seminars that forecast the economic predictions.
We attend conferences and seminars on planning and
goal setting.
What is the Christian viewpoint toward the future?
How am I to relate toward what
happens?
What should be my reaction to that?
James in this passage talks about how to face the future.
He says there are three mistakes that are
commonly made that we should be aware of.
He gives us a warning.
He says plan for your future but
be aware of these three mistakes.
He illustrates the first mistake with a typical conversation between a couple of businessmen.
One guy
has his MBA from the University of Jerusalem and the other is the CEO of a Tel-Aviv 500 company.
They're talking and discussing their plans.
In v. 13 we drop into their conversation, "Now listen you
who say, Today or Tomorrow.
We will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on
business and make money."
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