Starting Over On Monday

Starting Over on Monday

Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.” James 4:13-15

Every Monday morning during the season, most teams in the NFL do the same thing—they begin to plan for the next game. Sunday’s game may have been a big win or a crushing loss, but that doesn’t change the needs of Monday morning. Teams don’t have time to continue a celebration or wallow in disappointment. Another game is coming soon.

Our lives are a lot like that. We win big victories, make huge mistakes, experience deep joys, and suffer crippling disappointments. Whatever the case, we have to look forward. It helps to remember what Romans 8:28 tells us: that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him. That doesn’t mean everything will work out exactly as we hope, but God has the ability to work everything into His plan. He doesn’t miss a thing. One way or another, in His time, all of our past experiences—problems, pain, worries, sins, and “accidents,” as well as the victories and celebrations—will serve His purposes for our good.

It takes faith to believe that, because we can’t comprehend how all the things that didn’t go right in our lives could possibly work out for our good. Like a football team on a losing streak, sometimes nothing looks right. We have worries about our relationships, our kids, our finances, our dreams, and much more. People and circumstances let us down. But God doesn’t, and He is sovereign over all of it.

When we begin the “Monday mornings” of our lives with a focus on God’s game plan rather than our own, we’ll be much more effective. We can look back over situations we have come through and learn from our mistakes, but there’s never a need to dwell on them. And we can look toward the future and plan, but we can never control what happens. If we walk with God, following however He leads, we’ll always be headed in the right direction.

Uncommon Key > Keep the faith that God’s plan is always best. When we walk with Him, we’re walking with someone who knows where He is going.