Number Your Days

Psalm 39:4-5 NLT
"LORD, remind me how brief my time
    on earth will be.
    Remind me that my days are numbered –           how fleeting my life is.
You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand.
    My entire lifetime is just a moment to you;
    at best, each of us is but a breath."

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Precious is Time

"Time is gold", as the old saying goes. When we consume it, we cannot reedeem it anymore. When we waste it, we might regret what we should have done with it in the past. Time seems to run faster than the traffic flow, and everything else it passes by becomes history. Our life is "but a breath" to the Lord. He can either prolong it or take it away from us. We cannot control our breath, but we have the effort to make use of time. So, while we still have the oxygen to breathe in, what should we make every effort with?


Next Day, New Day

We do have a lot of things to spend within 24 hours a day. We might be busy and a lot busier on many things due to responsibilities, but we always have – even a millisecond – to do something. The moment you wake up, what is the first thing you do? Well, I might actually say, "I'll snooze the alarm and go back to sleep since we don't have classes..." or it might be, "I'll go to the CR to pee and wash up...." But the most important thing to pinpoint is to put God first in our lives. Whatever happened the day before, it is still a miracle when we wake up. As the sun rises again, we still praise and thank God for the strength He gives us each day. We can spend time with God, praying and lifting up our requests to Him, yet keeping in mind to seek the Blesser, who gives the blessing Himself.


"Number our Days"

The psalmist, David, was asking God to remind him how short his time on earth was supposed to be. Also, Moses reminds us this:

Psalm 90:10 NLT
Seventy years are given to us!
   Some even live to eighty.
But even the best yeas are filled with pain
      and trouble;
   soon they disappear, and we fly away.

Yes, life is full of troubles, but LIFE is PRECIOUS. Same as TIME: as long as we have breath, live our lives to the fullest, and remember that it is not through the world's definition. It is through the Lord Jesus Christ, who "gives us life, and life more abundantly."
To number our days is to know what our lives is worth living for. We live not just to endure pain, but to experience grace and peace. Through the love of God, we know what our purpose on earth is: to worship and praise Him. Together with this is to have salvation by grace, through a personal realtionship with Jesus Christ. Don't waste our precious time while we live, but make every effort to do every good thing.


'Submission on Time'

Proverbs 16:3 NLT
Commit your actions to the LORD,
   and your plans will succeed.

As we manage our time, we submit ourselves to the Lord; we commit to Him our actions and surely, He will make our plans successful. He has purpose in our lives and we must hold on to His promises. In whatever we do, He is our strength, and we are to pursue what are the things that will glorify His name. Have much the time with God and He will add to you more of it, same as to offer your time and be used to bear good fruit that will last forever. All in the Name of Jesus.


Philippians 4:13 NLT
For I can do everything through Christ who gives me strength.

James 1:2-3 NLT
Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.