Friday, July 11, 2008
I wrapped up the 24/7 series last Sunday. For the last six weeks we’ve been focusing on living a consistent, constant Christian life. We focused on living a life that honors the Lord day by day, not just on Sunday. That phrase, “day by day” appears in the Bible (NKJV) six times and that was the focus of the sermons. There’s a very interesting passage in Psalm 90 that I hope you will consider.
“The length of our days is seventy years or eighty, if we have strength; yet their span is trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.” (Psalm 90:10) Verse 12 continues, “Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”
I read an article once that stated, “On average, Americans are living 30 years longer, than Americans did in the early 1900’s.” Because of advances in medicine, health care, water and food supply improvements and just taking care of ourselves we’ve increased the amount of years we’re living on this earth. There’s something intriguing about people who live to be 100 years old. I always liked Willard Scott’s Happy Birthday segments on The Today show. He highlights the people who live to be a 100 and shares a little bit about their lives. I was talking to a guy the other day that drinks Coke for breakfast. I told him he should really drink something healthier for breakfast, as I sipped my third cup of coffee. Willard Scott interviewed a hundred year old who said the secret to her long life was drinking a Coke every morning for breakfast. I guess there is no patented formula for long living. What can be counted on is that life goes by in a hurry. Life quickly passes and then we fly away.
This is why it’s so important that we number our days. It’s something that we have to be taught…”teach us”. I think we’re used to numbering our years. I’m 49 years old, not 17,885 days old. In other words, we only have so many days; and once a day is spent it can never be regained. The only roll-over minutes you have are with your cell phone. There is no roll over days in life. So may the Lord teach us to invest every day carefully in the things of Christ, that we may live a wise and productive life for Him.
“The length of our days is seventy years or eighty, if we have strength; yet their span is trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.” (Psalm 90:10) Verse 12 continues, “Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”
I read an article once that stated, “On average, Americans are living 30 years longer, than Americans did in the early 1900’s.” Because of advances in medicine, health care, water and food supply improvements and just taking care of ourselves we’ve increased the amount of years we’re living on this earth. There’s something intriguing about people who live to be 100 years old. I always liked Willard Scott’s Happy Birthday segments on The Today show. He highlights the people who live to be a 100 and shares a little bit about their lives. I was talking to a guy the other day that drinks Coke for breakfast. I told him he should really drink something healthier for breakfast, as I sipped my third cup of coffee. Willard Scott interviewed a hundred year old who said the secret to her long life was drinking a Coke every morning for breakfast. I guess there is no patented formula for long living. What can be counted on is that life goes by in a hurry. Life quickly passes and then we fly away.
This is why it’s so important that we number our days. It’s something that we have to be taught…”teach us”. I think we’re used to numbering our years. I’m 49 years old, not 17,885 days old. In other words, we only have so many days; and once a day is spent it can never be regained. The only roll-over minutes you have are with your cell phone. There is no roll over days in life. So may the Lord teach us to invest every day carefully in the things of Christ, that we may live a wise and productive life for Him.
Pastor Tim
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