Now how do we guard against presumptuousness? The three verbs in verses 14–15 will put us on our guard against presumptuousness. First, there is our ignorance, you do not know. James indulges here in a little irony. He is talking about a person who was busy laying out his programme for next year (13) and he quietly notes that you do not know about tomorrow (14). This fact alone is enough to keep us low before the God who created, controls and apportions time. Then there is our frailty—you are a mist