What Will You Do With Your Life?
Your time is short - how will you use it?
Life is short and unpredictable.
James reminds us of this fact and encourages us to do good.
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.” But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin. (James 4:13-17)
The fact that our lives are short and unpredictable can consume us. It’s easy to always focus on the future. But are we sacrificing today for the future?
Jesus reminded us that God loves us and cares for us (Matthew 6:25-32). Then Jesus pointed out where our focus should be.
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. (Matthew 6:33-34)
Will you live today, always looking ahead to tomorrow? Or will you take each day as it comes, focusing on what truly matters in life?
What will you do with your life?