Evaporate – James 4:13-17

13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will[a] go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; 14 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. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.” 16 But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. 17 Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

The Lord reminded us of the fragility of life through this passage! No one knows how long he or she has until there life may come to an end on this side of eternity. He (James) illustrated our lives as a droplet of moisture that only exists through the night until the morning sun causes it to “evaporate”  at daybreak. In this biblical example the drop is our life! The morning is rapidly approaching! Evaporation is inevitable! Doesn’t this illustration put our lives into great perspective? In these verses in James chapter four he encourages us not to make plans in this life without God. He didn’t say not to plan, but that we should proclaim that God’s will be done in our lives. He warned us of the evil of arrogance in planning our lives by ourselves and for ourselves! To summarize: God wants us to DEPEND ON HIM, not live lives that are INDEPENDENT FROM HIM! If you are a Christian you know Who you are to be serving! Ask the Lord to reveal to you what you are to be doing to lead others to Him! Make sure your ”DROP”(your LIFE)  makes a difference in the world for Christ and His Kingdom! We have been created to make a positive impact in this world we live in for the Jesus! That’s why you are here!  What are you waiting for? Hurry! The sun is going to rise soon!

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