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Proverbs 27 1

The Bible makes a difference between our plans and God’s purposes. We are told not to boast about tomorrow because we don’t have any guarantees what will happen (Proverbs 27:1). James speaks on the same theme in the New Testament, telling us that we are foolish for speaking confidently about what we will do tomorrow in business or life. Our life is “but a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes” (James 4:13-17).

Our life is temporary. We don’t like to think about it too much, but nothing lasts in this life. Many things don’t work out the way that we planned. Things break, deteriorate, die. We can spend decades building something good only to watch it destroyed in an instant. That is the way of this world.

Proverbs 16:9 tells us that man makes his plans, but God determines the steps. God’s purposes are the only ones that last. They are eternal, and they prevail