“So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.”
Is numbering your days part of your decision-making process?... Each of our lives on earth will have a first and last day – so our limitedness should probably be part of our planning method.
Only today is guaranteed…but statistics say most of us will be given approximately 29,000 days on earth… How are you spending yours? What are your goals? More importantly are those goals meaningful? … They should be because you are literally giving your life for them.
Many people don’t achieve what they intend to accomplish in life…Often it is not because they didn’t have time but because they didn’t use it well.
If you don’t number your days, then there is no drive in your strategy - which leads to procrastination and waste.
Procrastination is not always a product of laziness; it is sometimes just allowing the urgent to usurp the important. There will always be pressing issues so handle them after you have dealt with the things in your life that have eternal consequences.
Many of us habitually waste time… which is odd since time is the one thing, we cannot get more of…Still we throw it away staring at a screen watching videos or sitcoms … or debating online with people we don’t know…or sacrificing relationships to make money when we already have enough…. None of that reflects a heart of wisdom.
This verse says to number your days - use them well. Use the life God has given you to do the things God would have you do.
Realize that choosing an activity - is choosing not to do something else…. make sure the selection makes sense. Max Lucado suggests that you make major life decisions in a cemetery… which will keep the trivial from distracting you.
Your Heavenly Father has a perfect plan for you today… If you seek Him, you will find it. So, chase after the things that matter… God, your family, your ministry, helping others…Seek those things of eternal significance first.
The number of days in our lives is finite. Make sure that when your head hits the pillow tonight you are pleased with how you spent today.
"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot."
-- Michael Altshuler
So many good points and life lessons. Thanks for posting.
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