Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"
Moses wrote the timeless words; we shall recite them forever until the Lord Jesus Christ descends down the heavens at His second coming: "Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God" (Psalm 90:1, 2).
But the words that beckon for our understanding are verse 12: "So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom."
It's something you can't learn unless the Lord Himself teaches you. He may employ the things He has created in nature as His assistant professors, but it's a personal God who is a loving heavenly Father who must be your Tutor. The lesson is taught in love (agape). Only in that way can we learn to economize our life by "numbering our days."
Life is a time to be spent building the "house" we will live in for eternity. If the dear Lord in His great mercy gives us another day--"today"--let's ask Him for His free grace that will enable us to do or say something today that will be another stone set in the "house" we are building, to do something that has eternal results for good.
The Lord loves to help those who know they have wasted their days of opportunity, who come to Him in older age broken and penitent, foolish spendthrifts who fear they will arrive bankrupt at the gate of the Holy City. They fear that the shame they will feel forever in heaven will detract from whatever joy there may be in eternal life. If you spend your century of "days" as the wandering sheep that's been lost, and the Lord gives you even one day to spend in repentance, you can build a temple not to be ashamed of. (This is not said to encourage wildly spendthrift living; there may come a time when you simply don't want the "wisdom" you could have applied your heart to! There comes a point where opportunities wasted become so forever. God forbid!)
A heart surrendered that understands "the truth of the gospel" (Gal. 2:5) can accomplish a marvelous ministry of love in just one day! Now, let's give this new day to the One who went to hell to find us. Do the only sensible thing: sign your name on to Psalm 90, and apply your heart unto wisdom.
--Robert J. Wieland
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: December 6, 2004.
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