Life Is Short
Yes, Life is very short! It may be shorter than you think. That is why it is so important to be saved and ready for the life hereafter. Listen to what these Bible characters said about the brevity of life …
Jacob at 130 years of age said to Pharaoh:
“Few and evil have the days of the years of my life been” (Genesis 47:9).
Job declared:
“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle .… Also as a shadow” (Job 7:6; 14:2).
Ethan the Ezrahite affirmed:
“Remember how short my time is” (Psalm 89:47).
Isaiah said:
“All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: the grass withereth, the flower fadeth” (Isaiah 40:6-7).
James wrote:
“For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away” (James 4:14).
