2025 is winding down. The resolutions are being written. Better finances? A healthier body? A major career move? We all have a vision for 2026. It feels responsible to plan; it feels safe.

But in the middle of our strategizing, the book of James interrupts with a haunting question: “What is your life?”

Is it possible that our confidence in the future is actually arrogance? Are we just a temporary “mist” acting as eternal gods?

As we are diving into James 4:13–17 to explore what James says about planning for the year ahead.