(Today is James 4)

“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.” 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. Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.””
‭‭James‬ ‭4‬:‭13‬-‭15‬ ‭NIV‬‬

A “me-centered” life is empty and foolish. But our natural inclination is to live that way.

We make our plans: I will do this today. I will do this tomorrow. Ten years from now I will be here. But do we consider God? Do we ask Him what His plan is?

The truth is we are only here for a little while. The only thing that will be of any significance in our lives is the Eternal. Eternal life is only found in God.

James tells us “If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.” (Verse 17) The “Good” we ought to do is living our lives surrendered to the only One who will take our lives and give them meaning far beyond the short time we have here on earth.

If we do not “do” the good of a surrendered life, a God-centered life, we live our lives in sin.

Instead of making our plans, we should be asking:

Today or tomorrow, where do You want me to go God? How long would You want me to do this or that? What do You want me to be about?

My life is not my own. It is not about me! It is about God and glorifying Him in all I do!