Life Is But A Vapor

Ken

“Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away” (James 4:14 KJV). How many of us fondly remember a departed loved one? “But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none” (1Corinthians 7:29). My wife often referred to our vaporous life, before she too passed into His presence. Like Adam, we take up the mantle to “be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth” (Genesis 1:28). And, like the Early Church, “we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ” (2Corinthians 10:14). But, our days are fleeting before we, too, must stand in His presence. “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad” (2Corinthians 5:10). By God’s grace and with the aid of His Spirit, let us be “redeeming the time, because the days are evil” (Ephesians 5:16), treating the time before He returns as short and precious, catching ourselves back into focus upon our Master’s business. Father, keep us in Your love that the enemy will not surprise us into sin. We desire the privilege of being accounted as a faithful servant, keeping our hand on the plow. Thank you for Your faithfulness and watch care over us. Lord Jesus, return quickly for us. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.