James 4:14

Verse 14 Whereas ye know not what shall be tomorrow.

It is not given to us poor mortals to look into or in any wise know the future. You as mortals can make no calculations as to the future, and the affairs thereof.

For what is your life?

Your own observation is a constant reminder that in the midst of life you are in death. No man can tell when his soul will be required of him. Suddenly and unexpectedly the call is often made, and none so powerful that they can offer resistance. The call can not be evaded or disregarded. It is peremptory, and must be obeyed, and by all mortals will be. It is even a vapor that appeareth.

This is the answer to the question, What is life? Often early in the morning we see vapory clouds floating in the sky, and while with our natural eye we behold them, we need gaze only for a moment until we discover that they are dissolving, and in incalculably short time they are entirely gone, and we see only the blue vault above us. So of human life. It is comparatively soon cut off. Life is soon over, soon gone. There is no absolute certainty as to the length of our days. What a most beautiful, and at the same time powerful, illustration is here by the apostle brought before us. The Holy 'Spirit seems to have labored to enforce upon the world a most important truth a truth no intelligent man or woman can afford to ignore.