Here and Now

Exploration – it inspires the young, it fuels research, it’s the railway for progress.  My son, Dennis, used to “dumpster dive” (I sincerely hope he’s past that now) and those “dives” in exploration resulted in some strange and unusual things on my kitchen table!

 

James the Just (as he was called), the brother of Jesus, asks an exploratory question:  “Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit’ – yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.” (James 1:13-14).  That what-is-your-life question can lead to some genuine soul-searching!  Our culture herds the masses to consider mostly the here-and-now, overshadowing the reality of eternity.  Billions are spent on anti-aging, for example, putting away thoughts of the afterlife and the ordained appointment each of us have with death.  “But as it is, you boast (vainly] in your pretension and arrogance. All such boasting is evil.” (V.16).  The psalmist directs us, however, to a righteously healthy focus of life: “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” (Psalm 90:12).  Did 2016 arrive with a pounding of “What is your life?”  It’s a good question, and God has wonderful answers, applicable here and now.  Read His Word – Seek His Wisdom – He’ll answer you.