Psalm 90:1-4 - A
prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, through all the generations you have
been our home! Before the mountains were
created, before you made the earth and the world, you are God, without
beginning or end. You turn people back
to dust, saying, "Return to dust!" For you, a thousand years are as yesterday!
They are like a few hours!
Moses is credited with writing this psalm…the oldest of all
the works in this book. He put words to one of the hardest concepts God tries
to help us realize about his being. He
was first…and he will be last…and the time in between is as a day to him. God
does not measure time as we do.
Time here on earth seems to drag on and on some days…our
negative way of viewing something adding to the illusion that it has lasted
forever…when in fact it has only been a few days …or months. We struggle as Job…who
spoke these words in Job 10:1-22
….“I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will
speak in the bitterness of my soul. I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let
me know why you contend against me. Does it seem good to you to oppress, to
despise the work of your hands and favor the designs of the wicked? Have you
eyes of flesh? Do you see as man sees? Are your days as the days of man, or
your years as a man's years…”
Time for some seems to pass so quickly that we cannot get
anything done. We feel we want to stop the clock for a bit…so we can catch
up. We mirror the thoughts of James….who
said in James 4:13-15
… “Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such
a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know
what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears
for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord
wills, we will live and do this or that.”
Truth is…the time he grants us will only make sense if it is
lived in his will. Moses went on to say in verse 12 … “ Teach us to make
the most of our time, so that we may grow in wisdom.” We need to quit worrying
about how much time we have…and use each moment he does grant us to do the work
he sent us to do. It is that simple.
Father…thank you for the reminder that I need to use my time
more wisely. Help me to relay in your power to see the fullness of the plan you
have for me…without stopping to question it all the time. Teach me as Moses
said…hoe to make the most of each moment you grant me…so I can make you proud
of me….and feel your love …and live in your wisdom. Amen.
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