This was the passage from Friday! I forgot to post... hehe.. so here it is:
"Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil." - James 4:13-16
I decided to continue reading James 4. It's so true that we don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. We can't even be 100% certain of what will happen 10 minutes from now. What is my life? It's so small, so short. So we must make the most out of our lives, and do God's will. It is interesting when it says that "all such boasting is evil". I feel like sometimes people do good things, or nice things and then they boast about it to other people. Sometimes I feel like I fall into this sin too, it's hard to do something for someone and then not talk about it or mention it again. Especially when I don't get anything in return, or when the person doesn't even acknowledge what I did. Perhaps I am seeking recognition from them, or trying to gain satisfaction or approval from them through my actions. But that is not how I should be living. I usually don't mind doing things for other people or helping them out, but it does take a lot of time, energy, and effort to do so. This isn't to say that I shouldn't help people, or do my best to care for them, but I have to also realize that I am doing these things to glorify God, and not for my own personal satisfactory gains. I must make sure that my motives are good, in that I am not doing something in order to look like a good person, or get recognition for it; but because I really do want to help that person and follow God's example of caring for others. This is one of the bigger traps that I have been very wary of lately, as sometimes I feel as though I am getting too stressed or overly exhausted and maybe not for the right reasons. I know that there are some things that I can not fix, and that I have to take the back seat in. I must choose wisely as to where I use the gifts that God has given me and care for others out of love for them, and expect nothing in return.
"Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil." - James 4:13-16
I decided to continue reading James 4. It's so true that we don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. We can't even be 100% certain of what will happen 10 minutes from now. What is my life? It's so small, so short. So we must make the most out of our lives, and do God's will. It is interesting when it says that "all such boasting is evil". I feel like sometimes people do good things, or nice things and then they boast about it to other people. Sometimes I feel like I fall into this sin too, it's hard to do something for someone and then not talk about it or mention it again. Especially when I don't get anything in return, or when the person doesn't even acknowledge what I did. Perhaps I am seeking recognition from them, or trying to gain satisfaction or approval from them through my actions. But that is not how I should be living. I usually don't mind doing things for other people or helping them out, but it does take a lot of time, energy, and effort to do so. This isn't to say that I shouldn't help people, or do my best to care for them, but I have to also realize that I am doing these things to glorify God, and not for my own personal satisfactory gains. I must make sure that my motives are good, in that I am not doing something in order to look like a good person, or get recognition for it; but because I really do want to help that person and follow God's example of caring for others. This is one of the bigger traps that I have been very wary of lately, as sometimes I feel as though I am getting too stressed or overly exhausted and maybe not for the right reasons. I know that there are some things that I can not fix, and that I have to take the back seat in. I must choose wisely as to where I use the gifts that God has given me and care for others out of love for them, and expect nothing in return.
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