"Self-Made Man" is a common characterization nowadays. "I made it" is a great celebration -- Believe in yourself, "you gonna make it", is an ingredient for many motivational speeches! Sleepless nights and days are many that we spend busy looking at how to become lifetime achievers or whining about what we have not been able to have, achieve, or acquire.
That self-centered attitude makes us lose the great picture of the God Almighty: The One who is due all credit for any achievement we call ours. James 5:15 teaches a better way to phrase the outcomes of our busy working life: "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that"...
Previous verses rebuke any boast in one's capacity to handle today or tomorrow!
What a pitiful picture if we take out the Lord's role in our accomplishments. It should start with Him and end with Him. The parable of a rich fool in Luke 12:20 warns us about how plans outside of the Lord are meant to collapse, even badly.
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