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“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom” (Psalm 90:12).
Just last month, the world’s oldest living person died. Her name was Kane Tanaka, and she was born in January, 1903. She lived to be 119 years old! What a great many changes she saw in this world during her lifetime!
You will remember that last month we talked about how the Lord kept Moses strong and able to lead His people right up to the age of 120. Kane Tanaka was a very frail old lady. Our verse today instructs us to “number our days.” We do not know how much time we have left in our lives, so how can we number those days? I believe that the verse is telling us to make each day count. If this were the last day of your life, what would you do with it?
There is good advice for us in this quotation, as Christians—“Plan your life as though you were going to live it out, but live your life as though every day were the last.”
The Lord does not expect us to sit with our hands folded, waiting for His return. We need to earn a living and study at school. Most important, we must bear in mind that the Lord has given “to every man his work” (Mark 13:34). But all the time we should be thinking, “maybe today!” Let’s use our time wisely, for our Lord’s honor, and in learning more of Him.
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