James 4:13-14

Now James addresses those who make plans to spend a year in a city to make money. With regards to this, there is much uncertainty. We don't know what's going to happen tomorrow or in the future. It is quite possible for you to die tomorrow. Addressing this matter, James describes life as a mist that appears for a little while then vanishes. Sometimes mist is like that, you can see it for a few seconds and then it disappears. Some may think that their lives are long, but in reality is it quite short. Our lives are short and though we are alive now, it will vanish quickly like a mist that appears for a bit and then disappears. There is an error in this thinking for planning for the future, and one problem is underestimating the uncertainty of life.