Right and Wrong Ways to Deal With the Future

Humanity has always been obsessed with knowing the future. From horoscopes to psychics, people crave certainty, guarantees, and control—and Christians are not immune. Dwight Pentecost observed that prophecy drew crowds, while holiness and daily obedience did not, yet nearly every New Testament passage on Christ’s return ends with the same call: be ready, live holy, walk with God. James addresses this very issue—not outspoken atheism, but practical atheism: planning and living as if God were irrelevant. The problem is not planning for tomorrow, but planning without God, and James shows us both the wrong and the right way to face the future.