For all our days have passed away in Your wrath;
We finish our years like a sigh.
The days of our lives are seventy years;
And if by reason of strength they are eighty years,
Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow;
For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Who knows the power of Your anger?
For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath.
So teach us to number our days,
That we may gain a heart of wisdom.
(Psalm 90:9-12, NASB)
Our time on this globe is fleeting. While we might live 70 or even 80 years, it’s just a blip on the radar of eternity. And sad to say, in a generation or two, most of us will have been forgotten. So why do we work so hard to gain on earth? To earn money? To buy stuff?
It’s all going to be heaped in a landfill some day.
I don’t know about you, but I truly want to use my time on things that matter—but I’m not always good at it. I want to spend time with the Lord in prayer and the study of His word—but I so often lose focus and waste that precious time. I want to serve Him—but instead I serve myself.
Then I ask myself: If I live to that 70 years, I have 23 years left. Twenty-three years to do what? Sit around and watch TV?
Or will I spend that time doing those things that really matter? And especially, will I take time to share God's truth?
What about you? How many days can you number? And what will you do with your time?
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