AUDIO for Sunday January 31, 2016

Do we live our lives before a Sovereign Lord? Do we believe that our existence on this Earth for even one more day depends on this Sovereign Lord?
My initial question for this week’s study was, How does this section connect with the previous? Today’s text is a familiar text where we find James comparing our lives to a mere vapor or a mist, James directing us to the famous “if the Lord wills” mantra, James speaking of the sin of omission, etc.
No theological hurdles really to speak of. Just the question … how does it fit? How does it connect in the flow of his letter?
Earlier in his writing James told us why we, even as believers in Jesus Christ, sometimes fight and quarrel. And there is our connection.
Basically, we fight and quarrel because we don’t get our own way. My agenda against your agenda. My will against your will.
But what about God’s will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven? What if we made more of an effort to consult God in our decision-making process? As in, for real, God would be the one setting the agenda and determining our priorities? Is that possible? Could God do such a thing?
What might happen if we actually began to believe in and trust an all-powerful, all-wise, all-knowing Master who loves us with an everlasting love?

Faith Fellowship Church of Tennessee, IL