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By Roger A. Scully, Jr.
and on the radio we hear of the youngest of children losing their lives in home fires, car accidents, biking accidents,
or from a disease, which the medical scientists cannot control. At the same time we hear of, and in most cases are
aware of, teenagers or those in their young twenties losing their lives in much the same manner. I will spare you by
not mentioning the many whom we know who lost their lives in their youth. Then, we hear of the older whose lives
also come to an end. Yet, not matter how long one has lived when the end nears it never seems to have been long
enough. Taking this into consideration let us reflect on the words of James who asked, “For what is your life?” The
prophet then answered by saying, “It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away” (Jms
4:14). Who can dare argue the brevity of life?
As the prophet James continues to write he states, “For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live and do
this or that” (Jms 4:15), the meaning of which being God must be included in our life. You see: all monetary gain will
most certainly come to an end, then what? The apostle Paul quotes the patriarch Job in writing, “For we brought
nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out” (1 Tim 6:7; Job 1:21); therefore we should learn to
be content with the necessities of life and be focused on serving the Lord (1 Cor 15:58).
Life is indeed short, and should you live 200 years, as compared to eternity, it is but a wink of an eye. Will you
not come to understand the need to submit to the Mighty Creator, He who giveth and He who taketh? Remember the
words of the Hebrew writer, “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Heb 9:27). As
asked the prophet Jeremiah, so ask I, “and what will ye do in the end thereof” (Jer 5:31)?
