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February 11
Monday


NUMBERED
DAYS

READ:
Psalm 90:7-17
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Teach us to number our
days, that we may gain
a heart of wisdom.
__Psalm 90:12
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In the aftermath of a devastating tornado, a man stood outside what was left of his home. Scattered somewhere among the rubble inside were his wife's jewelry and his own valuable collectibles. But the man had no intention of going inside the unstable house to search for them. "It's not worth dying for," he said.

In times of crisis, our sense of what is truly important in life often comes into clearer focus.

In Psalm 90, A Prayer of Moses," this man of God looks at life from beginning to end. In light of the brevity of life (vv.4-6) and the realization of God's righteous anger (vv.7-11), Moses makes a plea to God for understanding: "Teach us to number our days and recognize how few they are; help us to spend them as we should" (v.12 TLB).

Moses continues this psalm with an appeal to God's love: "Have compassion on Your servants. Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy" (vv.13-14). He concludes with a prayer for the future: "Let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands for us" (v.17).

Our numbered days and the brevity of life call us to embrace God's eternal love and, like Moses, to focus on the most important things. __David McCasland
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~~~~~~~~~~~~what a God we have to worship!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~What a Son we have to praise!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~What a future lies before us__~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~Everlasting, love-filled days! Maynard~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Our numbered days point us to God's eternal love.

*****************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 90:7-17**************

7 For we have been
consumed by Your anger,
and by Your wrath we are
terrified. 8 You have set our
iniquities before You, our
secret sins in the light of
Your countenance. 9 For all
our days have passed away
in Your wrath; we finish
our years like a sigh. 10 The
days of our lives are
seventy years; and if by
reason of strength they are
eighty years, yet their boast
is only labor and sorrow;
for it is soon cut off, and
we fly away. 11 Who knows
the power of Your anger?
For as the fear of You, so is
Your wrath. 12 So teach us
to number our days, that
we may gain a heart of
wisdom.

13 Return O LORD! How
long? And have compassion
on Your servants. 14 Oh,
satisfy us early with Your
mercy, that we may rejoice
and be glad all our days!

15 Make us glad according
to the days in which You
have afflicted us, the years
in which we have seen evil.

16 Let Your work appear to
Your servants, and Your
glory to their children.

17 And let the beauty of the
LORD our God be upon us,
and establish the work of
our hands for us; yes,
establish the work of our
hands.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Today's psalm is a wisdom psalm. It is about gaining wisdom to
make right choices in life. In light of God's eternal nature (vv.1-6)
and His punishment of sin (vv.7-11), Moses pleads for God's help in
numbering his days so that he may be wise (v.12). WIse living begins
with a proper fear of the Lord (Prov. 1:7). and means making right
choices in light of judgment and eternity (Eccl. 12:13-14).