“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.“Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.
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… But life passes so quickly. Job 14.1 says, how short is life? How full of trouble we blossom like a flower and then we wither like a passing shadow. We quickly disappear. Now I know some of you who are young and thinking, oh Greg, come on, this is a message to old people. I've got my whole life in front of me. Yes, you probably do. And I hope you do. And I hope you live that life well. But you never know, right? I read a true story, a tragic story, about a singer, Richard Versailles, age 63, singing at the Metropolitan Opera. He climbed up on a ladder for a scene and he was singing these lyrics, too bad you can only live so long. Then he had a heart attack and died on the stage in front of everybody. How sad though. Too bad you can only live so long. And that's so true. Too bad. But the brevity of life is what James is addressing now. And the importance of living your life in the will of God. James 4. Let's read a few verses. I'm reading 13 to 17 from the New Living Translation. James says, look here. You who say today or tomorrow we're going to go to a certain town and stay there a year. We'll do business there and make a profit. How do you know what your life is going to be like tomorrow? Asks James. Your life is like the morning fog. It's here for a little while. Then it's gone. What you ought to say is, if the Lord wants us to, …
… verse 1 chapter 14 we want to finish the chapter quickly because it is the natural break man who is born of a woman is full or is a few days and full of trouble a good verse a key verse in this book man born of woman is a few days and full of trouble Billy Graham when he was alive was speaking at a university and it was a Q&A session and one of the students said Dr. Graham I have a question what is the one thing that has surprised you most about life Billy Graham said it's brevity went by like that so quick it's brevity few days full of trouble you know when you're two years old and your parents tell you if you can understand them at two years old wait another year Here we go. it's impossible to think that long. That's half your life. when you're 70 years old, it's a year, 12 months. It's a 70th of my life, right? It's a matter of perspective. So man born of woman, few days full of trouble. He comes forth like a flower and fades away, flees like a shadow and does not continue. And do you open your eyes on such a one and bring me into judgment with yourself? Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one. Since his days are determined, the number of his months is with you. You have appointed his limits so that he cannot pass. I'd love to just preach a sermon on that for the rest of the evening, but I'm going …
… A little bit later in Job, in Job chapter 14 verse one, Job says it again. He says, Man who is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. Don't you feel like that sometimes? I have no days, and the few days I do have, seem to be filled with trouble. the troubles can take many forms and we could spend all day talking about it i could have you guys come up one by one and share your troubles and we could all go home depressed let me give you a few examples it could be relationships it could be financial troubles it could be work issues it could be schooling for those of you who are still subjecting yourself to that it could be health it could be death or or loss of some kind it could be one of a million things, and I would say these things that I just mentioned are just the tip of the iceberg. You all know what I'm talking about. …