How
Do You Know
What
Your Life
Will
Be Like Tomorrow?
Scripture
James
4
14 How do
you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the
morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.
Observation
Life
is fragile! Your life and my life … according to the Bible are both
very short. We only have once chance to do it right!
The
Bible is very descriptive about how short our lives really are: like
a vapor, a mist, a morning fog … it is
like a mere breath, a passing shadow, like grass, and like the width
of our hand.
A
week ago my heart received another shock from my
defibrillator/pacemaker, a small device that was implanted into my
body 6 years ago. It is the 4th
time that it has shocked me back to life.
But
this was the first time out of the 4 times getting shocked, that I
actually felt it. The first 3 times, I went unconscious before it
shocked me, so I didn't even feel the shock! What was the shock like?
Lets just say that I am not looking forward to the next time it
happens again. It was bad … but ... I am still here.
Knowing
that I am always a heartbeat away from death doesn't scare me … I
consider it a blessing. The chest pain that I experience and the
fatigue that I live with, are both constant reminders to me that this
world is not my home, I am only passing through! It is also a
reminder to me not to put off doing what I know that God wants me to
do, and it is a reminder to me to live how God wants me to live.
Maybe
you feel healthy and maybe because of that you feel like you are
going to live forever … if so … here is a Bible story that
hopefully will make you think. Maybe it will be a wake up call for
you. It is found in Luke 12:16-21
“A
rich man had a fertile farm that produced fine crops. He said
to himself, ‘What should I do? I don’t have room for all my
crops.’ Then he said, ‘I know! I’ll tear down my barns and
build bigger ones. Then I’ll have room enough to store all my wheat
and other goods.
And
I’ll sit back and say to myself, “My friend, you have enough
stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be
merry!”’
“But
God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who
will get everything you worked for?’
“Yes, a person
is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship
with God.”
Application
I
will concentrate on what I know is important to God – People! How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly Father,
my very life, each and every breath that I take, every moment that I
live on this earth, they are all under Your control. My prayer to You
this morning is from Your Word. I have personalized these verses: “So
teach me to number my days that I may get a heart of wisdom.
O Lord,
make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know
how fleeting I am!
Behold,
you have made my days a few hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as
nothing before you.
Yet
I do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is my life? For I am a
mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Help me Lord
to remember to say, “If the Lord wills, I will live and do this or
that.”
I
pray for those who are sick. May his or her sickness draw them closer
to You. I pray for healing. Give them Your strength. Help them to see
Your hand in what is happening in their life. May they be able to
give You glory in spite of their pain and suffering.
Daily
Bible Reading: 2 Chronicles 29,30,31; James 4
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