Francis Chan writes on any given average day we get so "caught up in ourselves that we don't consider God very much." We forget that we are only a vapor in the wind. In reality our days are not normal since we forget the small things that keep us alive like our kidneys or that we travel from place to place in a vehicle. It says in James 4: 13-14, "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." Just stop and think about this for awhile. We are just a simple mist that comes and goes.
We all have our stresses and worries and they consume our lives a lot. We think about our families, personal problems, our schoolwork, etc. and as they take over our lives we forget that God is the center of our lives and that our lives were given to glorify him. Imagine yourself being in a movie. You would think that the movie is about us and our amazing lives but in reality we are only a few seconds in it. The whole movie is about God from beginning to end.
Our lives are short and we can die at any moment. With the little time we have here on Earth, let's be reminded why we were put on this earth, which is to bring honor and glory to our Lord Jesus Christ. Don't let the stress and worry consume our lives or live our lives selfishly. Don't imagine yourself on your death bed and think about all the things you regretted to do while you were still alive. We are a mist in the wind that comes and goes so in every moment live for Christ. In the end, "nothing matters except our King and God."
As we come to a close I would like to leave you with three small verses to read and reflect on.
Ecclesiastes 7:2 "It is better to go to a house of mourning that to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of every man; the living should take this to heart."
Ephesians 2:10 "For we ar God's workmanship, create in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."
Colossians 1:16 "For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him."
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