My Life Is A Vapour
You do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapour that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.
James 4:14
The result of whether we feel better or worse, depends on the choice that we make now. I learnt of one truth about our lives is that "Life is a product of choice." Yeah it is so true, we are all living in a world where we bombarded with relentless appeals to go in various directions. Television advertising alone places a hundred of options before us, in addition to appeals made by political parties, cults, false religions, and dozens of other groups. Numerous organisations,including Christian organisation,seeks to motivate us to support a cause. Add to that the dozens of decisions we must make concerning our job,our family,our money,our society, and we become depserate for someone to show us the right way. And sometimes i find myself pulled in many directions but i am reminded that God teaches the humble his way.
And the choice we make, depends upon how we view life and God. Indeed life is like a vapour, that we have no firm substance on this earth, I am just as fragile as a mist that have no durability on this earth- which i appear only for a short while. Reading this verse, allow me to remember that my time on this earth is short and i will just disappear. Life will be gone, and the world will still run without me. Realising that life is like a vapour, helps me to understand the vulnerability of life and everything- even my plans for my future and my goals. i am reminded that it is good to have goals, but goals will fail us when we leave God out of them because the future is in his hands. There is no point making goals and plans when God is not in it- "Everything is meaningless" Life without God has no purpose, life without purpose is meaningless. Cant imagine how it be like if God steps in and rearrange my plans. One thing i learnt is that plan ahead, but hold the plans loosely. Put God's desire at the centre of my plannings; he will never disappoint me.
Life is short no matter how many years we live, hence we should not be deceived into thinking that we have lots of remaning time to live for Christ, to enjoy our loved ones or to do what we should do. Live for God today! Then, no matter when ends our lives, we would have fulfilled God's plan for us.
Omnipotent,all-governing Father, not a bird falls to the ground apart from you and not a strand of hair of our heads turns gray apart from You. That i truly acknowledge that all life is held firmly in your hands, nothing can seperate us from Your love. Teach me to understand these truths about life and You.Forgive me that many times i failed to place Your desires above me. Lord, remove the pride and self-sufficiency of our lives. Teach me to obey you and rely on you each day! in Jesus' name, Amen!
