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Saturday, May 1, 2021

 

What About Tomorrow?

 

Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life?  For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes” (Jas. 4:14).

 

The truthfulness of this Scripture is affirmed to us everyday through the experiences of others.  How many people, in the prime of their life, find life too short to accomplish all their goals?  How many people postpone decisions for tomorrow, only for tomorrow never to come?  Whether rich or poor, young or old, life is uncertain; there are no guarantees.

 

In the above Scripture, James emphasizes the brevity and uncertainty of life.  He is not saying life has no value, but it is unsure from our point of view.  All we have is today, and we should use it wisely.  This is why James writes, “Instead, you ought to say, 'If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that'” (Jas. 4:15).  Only our heavenly Father knows what the future holds, and so He is immanently qualified to help us through the future.  Our lives must be committed to Him and His will, for us to have assurance about tomorrow.

 

It is alright to make plans, as long as God is an integral part of those plans.  He is our anchor for today, our hope for eternity.  With this view of life, Paul could say, “For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain” (Phil. 1:21).  Paul didn't know what the future held, but he knew if he lived for Christ, whatever happened, God would provide.

 

Without God, we can make many different plans, but we have no real assurance of anything.  With Him, we know we can make it through life, no matter what the future holds.  With the psalmist, we can say, “From the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint.  Lead me to the rock that is higher than I” (Psa. 61:2). Whatever tomorrow brings, with the Lord guiding our paths, we will be blessed, we will see the way through to eternity.

 

μαράνα θᾶ

 

Robert

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