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May 8 – Psalm 90:7-11
Psalm 90:7-11
Life expectancy in the United States is up to 75 years now and that’s good news. Twenty-five years ago it was only 70 years and perhaps it will keep going up. I don’t know. However in comparison to eternity, life is not very long. That’s why we read in Psalm 90 verse 10, “The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.” That sounds like a rather doleful statement, doesn’t it? Not a good statement to start the day with, but it’s true!
The setting of Psalm 90 is Numbers chapter 14. God had brought the Jewish people, the nation, right to Kadesh Barnea. He said, “Now go in and possess the land!” and they would not do it. They doubted God’s promise and they questioned God’s wisdom and they did not believe that God would enable them to conquer the land. What happened? Well, as a consequence, God said, “Alright, everybody 20 years of age and older is going to die within the next 40 years,” and that’s what happened. The world’s longest funeral march. For the next 40 years the nation wandered in the wilderness while that older generation died. And then God took the younger generation and He started a whole new crusade and they conquered the Promised Land.
Well, this is what He’s talking about. “The days of our years are threescore years and ten” and maybe fourscore. It’s important to realize that death is real. These people were facing death. They knew they were going to die before they got to the Promised Land! You and I know in Jesus Christ that when we die, we’re going to go to the Promised Land. We’re going to go to that place that He’s preparing for us. It’s important to make our lives count while we are here. Yes, life has its difficulties and if the Lord Jesus doesn’t come back, life will end in death.
Death will lead to eternity. But remember we can live a life of the eternal today. We’re not living simply a life of the temporal. We’re living a life of the eternal. The Word of God says, “He who does the will of God abides forever,” 1 John 2:17. Let’s touch the eternal today by abiding in the Almighty and doing the will of God.
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Life expectancy in the United States is up to 75 years now and that’s good news. Twenty-five years ago it was only 70 years and perhaps it will keep going up. I don’t know. However in comparison to eternity, life is not very long. That’s why we read in Psalm 90 verse 10, “The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.” That sounds like a rather doleful statement, doesn’t it? Not a good statement to start the day with, but it’s true!
The setting of Psalm 90 is Numbers chapter 14. God had brought the Jewish people, the nation, right to Kadesh Barnea. He said, “Now go in and possess the land!” and they would not do it. They doubted God’s promise and they questioned God’s wisdom and they did not believe that God would enable them to conquer the land. What happened? Well, as a consequence, God said, “Alright, everybody 20 years of age and older is going to die within the next 40 years,” and that’s what happened. The world’s longest funeral march. For the next 40 years the nation wandered in the wilderness while that older generation died. And then God took the younger generation and He started a whole new crusade and they conquered the Promised Land.
Well, this is what He’s talking about. “The days of our years are threescore years and ten” and maybe fourscore. It’s important to realize that death is real. These people were facing death. They knew they were going to die before they got to the Promised Land! You and I know in Jesus Christ that when we die, we’re going to go to the Promised Land. We’re going to go to that place that He’s preparing for us. It’s important to make our lives count while we are here. Yes, life has its difficulties and if the Lord Jesus doesn’t come back, life will end in death.
Death will lead to eternity. But remember we can live a life of the eternal today. We’re not living simply a life of the temporal. We’re living a life of the eternal. The Word of God says, “He who does the will of God abides forever,” 1 John 2:17. Let’s touch the eternal today by abiding in the Almighty and doing the will of God.