James 4:13-17
¹³Now 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." ¹⁴Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. ¹⁵Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." ¹⁶As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil. ¹⁷Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins.


Coming into this school year, I had elaborate plans for my future. Study my butt off, get into pharmacy school, get a pharmacy job, get married, have kids, and live life happily ever after. I'm a pretty smart guy and I know it so I never saw a reason to deviate from such plans. The problem is, God wasn't included in my plan. I didn't leave room for the fact that God is the one that's in control and that He may lead down a different path than what I'm expecting.

How will I respond if God changes such plans? I faced this once before. Going into my senior year, I was almost 100% sure that I was going to the University of Michigan. Clearly, that didn't happen as I'm sitting in my dorm here at Purdue University typing this up. In that time, I actively sought God's answer and He made it clear to me. I can't really say that I've done the same when it comes to what my major should be. To this point, my plans have been self-centered rather than God centered. I have no clue what's going to happen tomorrow! I can't really rely on myself for direction. That's something that only God can give.