12.30.18 | Therefore
Teach Us To Number Our Days
Justin Detmers
Psalm 90
We are mortal people, living on God’s eternal timeline. How can we leave an eternal legacy? Pastor Justin Detmers teaches us that by grace we can leave that legacy by walking with and working for God here on earth.
Psalm 90
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Our lives last seventy years
or, if we are strong, eighty years.
Even the best of them are struggle and sorrow;
indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away.
Who understands the power of your anger?
Your wrath matches the fear that is due you.
Teach us to number our days carefully
so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.
Common Perspectives On Time
- Past-ism: excessive focus on the past, nostalgia
- Presentism: caught up in and distracted by the moment
- Futurism: out of touch dreaming, obsessive planning
Lord, you have been our refuge
in every generation.
Before the mountains were born,
before you gave birth to the earth and the world,
from eternity to eternity, you are God.
Biblical Perspective On Time
- Eternalism: living present life with God’s eternal purposes in mind
You return mankind to the dust,
saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.”
For in your sight a thousand years
are like yesterday that passes by,
like a few hours of the night.
You end their lives; they sleep.
They are like grass that grows in the morning—
in the morning it sprouts and grows;
by evening it withers and dries up.
For we are consumed by your anger;
we are terrified by your wrath.
You have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sins in the light of your presence.
The eyes of the Lord are everywhere,
observing the wicked and the good.
There is one lawgiver and judge who is able to save and to destroy.
[The Pharisees] do everything to be seen by others.
We are sinful mortals living on the Eternal Judge’s timetable
Our lives last seventy years
or, if we are strong, eighty years.
Even the best of them are struggle and sorrow;
indeed, they pass quickly and we fly away.
Who understands the power of your anger?
Your wrath matches the fear that is due you.
Teach us to number our days carefully
so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.
Teach me to go through my life estimating time in light of eternity… Help me to recognize that the great span of God’s providential care is that which gives substance, foundation, and meaning to my existence.
Alistar Begg
Lord—how long?
Turn and have compassion on your servants.
Satisfy us in the morning with your faithful love
so that we may shout with joy and be glad all our days.
Make us rejoice for as many days as you have humbled us,
for as many years as we have seen adversity.
Let your work be seen by your servants,
and your splendor by their children.
Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us;
establish for us the work of our hands—
establish the work of our hands!
Grace makes an eternal legacy possible
The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.
C.S. Lewis
Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us;
establish for us the work of our hands—
establish the work of our hands!
An eternal legacy comes from walking with and working for God
Pay careful attention, then, to how you live—not as unwise people but as wise— making the most of the time, because the days are evil. So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
Examine your life and seek God’s will via scripture and counsel/mentoring
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