Seventh Wednesday of Ordinary Time

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we shall go into such and such a town, spend a year there doing business, and make a profit"–you have no idea what your life will be like tomorrow. You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears. Instead you should say, "If the Lord wills it, we shall live to do this or that."

There are no guarantees in this life beyond what the Lord wills. This is why we should focus on doing our best at this very moment. We don’t know what tomorrow will bring because we don’t know God’s Divine Plan. Our plans are not always aligned with God’s Will and if this is the case, then they will come to nothing in the end. Our future business and profit does not hold a candle to the here and now. Nor is it completely up to us how things turn out. God plays a role in every aspect of our lives: the past, present, and future. We should make sure we keep this in mind as we go through each day, letting go and letting God.

Are we too concerned for the future that we forget to live in the now? Are we willing to let go of our own plans and let God work through us in the present? What is God’s Will calling us to do?

O Lord, if you will it, we shall live to do your will.

Amen.