Psalm 90: Establish The Work of Our Hands

Psalm 90

9 For all our days pass away under your wrath;
we bring our years to an end like a sigh.
10 The years of our life are seventy,
or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span is but toil and trouble;
they are soon gone, and we fly away.
11 Who considers the power of your anger,
and your wrath according to the fear of you?

12 So teach us to number our days
that we may get a heart of wisdom.

A thousand years in God's sight are "but as yesterday when it is past." "Like the grass that flourishes in the morning and fades and withers in the evening." This world is passing away, along with many of the people in it, and I am lamenting my youth slipping away from me. I'm distraught because my face is beginning to show signs that point to the fact that I'm going to get old! Duh! Somehow I am shocked by it. Never mind that everyone from the beginning of time has been getting older everyday. And no amount of working out or eating healthy has ever changed it. Oh, what useless agony to be concerned about aging!

Then I read this verse, "teach us to number our days, THAT WE MAY GET A HEART OF WISDOM." Interesting that numbering our days, or realizing that we're passing away = a heart of wisdom. I am so afraid of thinking about getting older that I am missing the blessing to be found in the mindset that thinks of this world as withering away. There is so much important work to be done and so little time! We see toil and struggle all of our days and we get so distracted by it, when God has left us here as rescuers, to deliver others from the toil!

14 Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,
that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
and for as many years as we have seen evil.
16 Let your work be shown to your servants,
and your glorious power to their children.
17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us,
and establish the work of our hands upon us;
yes, establish the work of our hands!

O, Lord, teach me to number my days, and be satisfied with your steadfast love. As we commit to working for you in the communities around us, it means nothing if you don't let Your work be shown, and Your glorious power be seen! Let the favor of our Lord be upon us here. Now. And establish the work of our hands!! Let us prosper in our Kingdom work, Lord, for your name's sake!