Teach us to number our days

“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” - Psalms 90v12

When you think about it life is really, really short. Most of us are only going to live seventy or eighty years (as indicated by an earlier verse) and then our one shot at serving God is over. It is so easy to fritter away the hours, that turn into days, that turn into weeks, that turn into months, that turn into years. There is so much out there vying for our attention that before we know live had been lived while we were waiting for it to happen, and we say, “Where has my life gone?”

Sadly we can get so busy doing even good things that we forget about learning God’s wisdom. Like Martha we are so busy doing that we neglect spending time with Christ. Why are we to number or days according to this verse - so that we can apply our hearts to wisdom. Wisdom begins with a fear of the Lord. If we want wisdom it starts with knowing God better.

With God’s help may we cut our a bit of the busy-ness and account our days for the purpose of gaining God’s wisdom.