You should know better than to say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to the city. We will do business there for a year and make a lot of money!” What do you know about tomorrow? How can you be so sure about your life? It is nothing more than mist that appears for only a little while before it disappears. You should say, “If the Lord lets us live, we will do these things.” Yet you are stupid enough to brag, and it is wrong to be so proud. If you don't do what you know is right, you have sinned.
James 4:13-17
There is a television commercial in the United States that shows a woman who says, "I'm in my sixties now and I've got a nice long life ahead of me!" What an arrogant statement! No one knows how long their life will be. No one knows if they will live to see the end of this day.
These verses in James remind us that our lives are like a mist that appears for a little while and then disappears. So what should we do with the time that God has given us to live on this earth? How should we spend each moment of every day? And remember our time may come to an end later today!
The answer is this: Do what you know is right every moment! If you don't do what is right you have sinned. The "sin of not doing" is very deceptive. It may be that you and God are the only ones who know what you had an opportunity to do and you didn't do it! In our struggle against sin we try to avoid certain actions that would be sinful, but ignore all together "inactions" that are also sin!
Don't be arrogant and assume that you have a long life ahead of you! And use the time you do have to do the right thing whatever that is!
"Lord Jesus show me the right thing to do with every minute of this day, so that I can bring Glory to You now and forever. Amen."
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