Satisfied with days?
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:08 amA devotional from my church : ) enjoy!
Satisfied with Days?
Genesis 25:7 says, “These are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.” Abraham lived to be 175 years old. Genesis 25:8 goes on to say that Abraham, “Gave up the ghost, and he died at a good old age, an old man, and full of years.” In the Hebrew this text reads: “Abraham was satisfied with days.” I think those words call for what we see in the Psalms called a “selah.” Just to take a moment to pause and reflect on this man’s life.
Personally, I think a great eulogy that could be given for Abraham, or a testimony that could be attributed to him through Scripture, would be Psalm 1:1-3: “Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel (or the advice) of the ungodly, nor stands (or follows the example) in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. But rather his delight is in the Law of the Lord; and in his Law or Word does he meditate day and night.”
We know that Abraham, if we had to describe his life, was a man of tents and altars. He recognized that this journey here was simply that—a journey in which he was going through on a pilgrimage. It was such a short time. What is 175 years, in light of Eternity? “These were the days of his years,” and he lived them for God!
Abraham didn’t trouble himself with the ungodliness that was around him. His delight was in the Law of the Lord. And as Psalm 1:2 says, he meditated in the Law of the Lord day and night. What a great lesson and example for us. We should meditate on His Word day and night. His Word should be hidden in our hearts, so that we will not sin against Him.
The word “meditate” in the Hebrew means, “to murmur, ponder, speak, imagine—to literally utter and study.” Oh, that we would do more than just read our Bible, and then close it and go on with our day. That we would do more than go to mid-week Bible study and listen to the teaching, and leave, but do nothing with it. Let that not be so of us. Ask the Lord to give you something when you attend Bible study. Pray for golden nuggets that you can meditate on—going over it in your heart.
We should be like a cow, chewing the cud. Cow’s stomachs are designed in such a way that they have several compartments. They graze early in the morning. As they go through the day, they bring up that food that’s in their stomachs, and they chew on it! That’s fascinating. That’s how God has designed His Word for you and me. It’s His LIVING WORD. He’s given it to us so that you and I would read it and not just close it and move on, but continue to ponder it and think on those things that convict us, and those areas where He is challenging us and exhorting us. Let it be in our blood, day and night. We need His Word all throughout the day.
Ask the Lord to remind you, throughout the day, of the golden nuggets that you read in the morning. Bring it back up so that it’s stirred about in our hearts. The man that does these things, will be like the man in Psalm 1:3, “He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever He does, shall prosper.” This is a glorious promise for the man and the woman of God who stands on His Word. Make His Word a part of your everyday life. That’s what Abraham did. He wasn’t flawless or perfect. But he practiced the presence of God and we need to do the same. God’s Word was real to Abraham. It was his power and source of direction. Abraham was a blessed, seasoned, Godly old man when he died. Abraham was satisfied with days. Let that be said of us.
Satisfied with Days?
Genesis 25:7 says, “These are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.” Abraham lived to be 175 years old. Genesis 25:8 goes on to say that Abraham, “Gave up the ghost, and he died at a good old age, an old man, and full of years.” In the Hebrew this text reads: “Abraham was satisfied with days.” I think those words call for what we see in the Psalms called a “selah.” Just to take a moment to pause and reflect on this man’s life.
Personally, I think a great eulogy that could be given for Abraham, or a testimony that could be attributed to him through Scripture, would be Psalm 1:1-3: “Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel (or the advice) of the ungodly, nor stands (or follows the example) in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. But rather his delight is in the Law of the Lord; and in his Law or Word does he meditate day and night.”
We know that Abraham, if we had to describe his life, was a man of tents and altars. He recognized that this journey here was simply that—a journey in which he was going through on a pilgrimage. It was such a short time. What is 175 years, in light of Eternity? “These were the days of his years,” and he lived them for God!
Abraham didn’t trouble himself with the ungodliness that was around him. His delight was in the Law of the Lord. And as Psalm 1:2 says, he meditated in the Law of the Lord day and night. What a great lesson and example for us. We should meditate on His Word day and night. His Word should be hidden in our hearts, so that we will not sin against Him.
The word “meditate” in the Hebrew means, “to murmur, ponder, speak, imagine—to literally utter and study.” Oh, that we would do more than just read our Bible, and then close it and go on with our day. That we would do more than go to mid-week Bible study and listen to the teaching, and leave, but do nothing with it. Let that not be so of us. Ask the Lord to give you something when you attend Bible study. Pray for golden nuggets that you can meditate on—going over it in your heart.
We should be like a cow, chewing the cud. Cow’s stomachs are designed in such a way that they have several compartments. They graze early in the morning. As they go through the day, they bring up that food that’s in their stomachs, and they chew on it! That’s fascinating. That’s how God has designed His Word for you and me. It’s His LIVING WORD. He’s given it to us so that you and I would read it and not just close it and move on, but continue to ponder it and think on those things that convict us, and those areas where He is challenging us and exhorting us. Let it be in our blood, day and night. We need His Word all throughout the day.
Ask the Lord to remind you, throughout the day, of the golden nuggets that you read in the morning. Bring it back up so that it’s stirred about in our hearts. The man that does these things, will be like the man in Psalm 1:3, “He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever He does, shall prosper.” This is a glorious promise for the man and the woman of God who stands on His Word. Make His Word a part of your everyday life. That’s what Abraham did. He wasn’t flawless or perfect. But he practiced the presence of God and we need to do the same. God’s Word was real to Abraham. It was his power and source of direction. Abraham was a blessed, seasoned, Godly old man when he died. Abraham was satisfied with days. Let that be said of us.