Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
The phrase “go to now” would be expressed in our day “come on!” or “come on now!” John Gill and Albert Barnes both say that it is intended to arrest attention. It’s almost a statement of incredulity. Who wouldn’t know this? Who doesn’t understand innately that none of us can really say, “To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain…”
We don’t know we have the rest of the day - let alone tomorrow.
James 4:14 (KJV)
… For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
No one wakes up expecting to “vanish away.” Yet daily, multiple times a day, rich and poor, educated and otherwise, healthy or unhealthy, souls make plans for today and tomorrow, only to have their lives vanish like a vapor.
Just a few weeks ago Hurricane Helene swept through the south and with it, swept - well no one knows yet, how many souls into eternity. The people living in the mountains of Western North Carolina could not have dreams they would be victims of flooding. At the same time two naval aviators, females, stationed at Whidbey Island, crashed their “Growler” near Mt. Rainier. They were young, educated, fearless and filled with plans for “today and tomorrow.” In a moment, just like a vapor, they vanished away.
The passage is realistic, but it is not meant to be frightful. The point is much more practical.
James 4:13 (KJV)
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
I’d like to point out that the Bible doesn’t mean that those words, “If the Lord will” are to be attached to all our plans. The lesson is that we take the Lord’s will into account in all our plans.
• Have you planned for the day when your life vanishes away?
• Have you included the Lord in your plans until your life vanishes away?
#LifeIsAVapor #TrustGodsWill #EternalPerspective #LiveForToday #PlanWithPurpose
When Tomorrow Never Comes: Planning Wisely with God in Mind
- Have you considered how fleeting life really is?
- Today is the appropriate time to square things with God for eternity.
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James 4:13 (KJV) When Tomorrow Never Comes
