"We live differently when we regard the future as a place we will go 'if the Lord wills.' God does not owe me the seventy or eighty years of which Moses speaks in Psalm 90 Every year he gives is a gift, gracious and undeserved. Thanks be to God, not just for the years he has preserved me but for the years he has ordained for me, perfect in number and known only to him.
How aware are you that your days are numbered? How willing are you to ask the Lord to teach you this precious truth? In the closing lines of Psalm 90, Moses makes one last remarkable request of God. He asks not once, but twice that our seventy or eighty years would have an impact that outlives their span.
Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!
Here is a remarkable truth: God is able to bring eternal results from our time-bound efforts. This is what Jesus intimates when he tells us to store up treasure in heaven rather than on earth. When we invest our time in what has eternal significance, we store up treasure in heaven. This side of heaven, the only investments with eternal significance are people." - Jen Wilken
A beautiful reminder as I begin this next phase of job-searching, soul-searching, call it what you will. Lord, what an adventure it is walking with you. May my eyes grow wider, my faith grow deeper, and my hands grip yours tighter in all this.
