Jas 4:14 The fact is you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your Life? It is even a Vapour that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away..
Here is a very common fault by many and a cautionary warning from Apostle James on the same . We often say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into a certain city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and make a profit.Instead he teaches us to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live, and do this, or that”.
(Jas 4:15)
At times we make plans as if God was not important or as if we are perfectly able to carry our life’s affairs without His guidance and help. We do forget how fragile our life is. The Bible gives life an ephemeral metaphorical state , a shadow only sustained by light ,flowers and grass that only flourish under favourable weather,a breath controlled by lungs,vapor that is wiped by temperature ,smoke only sustained by fire etc
When we learn how precarious our life is ,and that it can crumble under natural and artificial calamities, We have no other option but incorporating God in all our endeavours. We must ensure that our lives are under the permanent care of Him who liveth forever.
Further readings :
Job 7:6-7
Job 9:25-26
Job 14:1-2
🙏Blessed day🙏