Now 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.” [14]
Why, 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. [15] Instead, you
ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.”
[16] As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil.
[17] If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is
sin for them. (James 4:13-17)
As much as planning for the future is necessary, we should not be overly confident about what the future may bring.
It may seemed like a pessimistic statement to make, but it is indeed sobering for me to know that my life and future is in the hands of God. Therefore I think God is trying to tell us not to rely too much on our future plans and lose our sight of Him.
I often caught myself thinking that I should complete my work or do "more important" tasks first because I can seek God or reach out to the people around me when I am "in a better position" or when I am "done with my work/studies".
The scripture in a way asks me, "what makes you so confident that you will be around after today?" or "what if the person you intend to reach out to is no longer around tomorrow?"
As it is, procrastinating our Kingdom business, or in another words "do not do the good that we ought to do", sins.
If I'm left with a month to live, how would it have been different in the way I lead my life? How would you have led yours?
I would not know when I would be called back by God. So I need to live my life doing the good I ought to do, glorifying God.
Amen.
As much as planning for the future is necessary, we should not be overly confident about what the future may bring.
It may seemed like a pessimistic statement to make, but it is indeed sobering for me to know that my life and future is in the hands of God. Therefore I think God is trying to tell us not to rely too much on our future plans and lose our sight of Him.
I often caught myself thinking that I should complete my work or do "more important" tasks first because I can seek God or reach out to the people around me when I am "in a better position" or when I am "done with my work/studies".
The scripture in a way asks me, "what makes you so confident that you will be around after today?" or "what if the person you intend to reach out to is no longer around tomorrow?"
As it is, procrastinating our Kingdom business, or in another words "do not do the good that we ought to do", sins.
If I'm left with a month to live, how would it have been different in the way I lead my life? How would you have led yours?
I would not know when I would be called back by God. So I need to live my life doing the good I ought to do, glorifying God.
Amen.
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