WHAT IS YOUR LIFE?: ACCEPT LIFE IS A MIST
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. What Is Your Life?
a) James asks, “What is your life?” (James 4:14). There's not a lot of realism about life. The nature of life on this earth is fairly evident, yet people live life as though it were far different to the reality.
James 4:13-17
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will 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.
2. Accept Life Is A Mist
a) David said, "The days of our lives are seventy years, or even eighty if we have strength; yet their span is but toil and trouble. Our years are soon gone, and we fly away" (Psalm 90:10).
b) Even if we manage to increase the span to 90 or 100 or beyond, the principle is the same. Our lives in this world are a mist. They appear for a little while then vanish.
c) We must accept that the span and events of our lives are subject to the providence of God. "You ought to say, 'If the Lord wills, we will do this or that'" (James 4:15).
d) We must also accept that Satan causes pain and trouble in this life. "Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour." (1 Peter 5:8). So a short life maybe better than a long one!
e) We must accept on top of this that there is a purely physical problem. "You are dust, and to dust you shall return" (Genesis 3:19).
f) Our physical bodies are unsuitable for everlasting life. "Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable." (1 Corinthians 15:50).
The End ...
1. What Is Your Life?a) James asks, “What is your life?” (James 4:14). There's not a lot of realism about life. The nature of life on this earth is fairly evident, yet people live life as though it were far different to the reality.
James 4:13-17
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will 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.
2. Accept Life Is A Mist
a) David said, "The days of our lives are seventy years, or even eighty if we have strength; yet their span is but toil and trouble. Our years are soon gone, and we fly away" (Psalm 90:10).
b) Even if we manage to increase the span to 90 or 100 or beyond, the principle is the same. Our lives in this world are a mist. They appear for a little while then vanish.
c) We must accept that the span and events of our lives are subject to the providence of God. "You ought to say, 'If the Lord wills, we will do this or that'" (James 4:15).
d) We must also accept that Satan causes pain and trouble in this life. "Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour." (1 Peter 5:8). So a short life maybe better than a long one!
e) We must accept on top of this that there is a purely physical problem. "You are dust, and to dust you shall return" (Genesis 3:19).
f) Our physical bodies are unsuitable for everlasting life. "Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable." (1 Corinthians 15:50).
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