James VI
Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” (James 4:15 ESV)
If
We act like fortune tellers, sometimes. We predict we will arrive at our destination at a particular time. We predict our paycheck will be a certain amount. We predict students will learn at a certain pace. We predict political results, economic patterns, and the weather.
And such predictions are usually iffy.
But God’s people know something very grand.
Tomorrow depends on the will of the God who loves His people.
A grand thing, because His tomorrows are always the best.
A grand thing, because He is more reliable than a car’s engine, a payroll accountant, or a child’s mind.
A grand thing, because He has all knowledge, beyond political analysts, economic data, and temperature gradients.
The Will of God makes all His ‘if’s reliable. Because of God.
The Will of God makes all our ‘if’s hopeful. Because of God.
The Will of God makes all ‘if’s peaceful. Because of God.