"Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that." James 4:14-15

Boasting of tomorrow and doubting tomorrow are equally distrusting the Lord. Boasting of our wealth or our security in our wealth is distrusting the Lord as much as if we live in anxiety doubting tomorrow.

God's Word teaches throughout how pleased God is when we trust in His mercy. He is pleased with a childlike faith that trusts in Him. PSA 52:8-9 says, "But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints."

The Psalmist is pointing out his faith to wait upon the Lord to deliver him because He has "done it." That is the childlike faith that the Lord is teaching us, and He is pleased with it. Trusting and waiting on the Lord "is good before thy saints" because it glorifies the Father.

Jesus uses the birds of the air, and the grass of the field to illustrate the glory of God in such simple faith; this is our shield from the thorns of anxiety. Jesus reasons that life is a greater blessing than livelihood, and the body is a greater blessing than raiment. He says, "Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?" MAT 6:25.

Jesus says you have already received the greater blessings. Why would you doubt Me for the lesser blessings? You have already received life. Why wouldn't I give you the livelihood? You have already received the body. Why would I not take care of it? In these two blessings the poor differ nothing from the rich. Each one has a life and a body.

The Lord clothes their bodies and preserves their lives. In this respect there is no difference between them. God has given us our body and our life; He has given His only begotten Son that we might have eternal life. Will He not also give us our temporal needs?

The principle part of this lesson is to teach us to care for our souls. Our hearts are not to be set on the things of this world and this life. We are to care for our souls for eternity. We are to concern ourselves with the more important matters.

Our bodies will go into the grave; therefore, we should not be overly concerned with them. Our soul is for eternity. MAT 6:33 says, "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."