Each year, time seems to be flying by faster than ever. They say it is a sign of aging… the older you get, the faster time seems to go by. In a sense this does scare me, because in my heart, the urgency swells. I feel like there are still so many things that I want to do to make a difference and I would like to find more purpose and know more of what God wants from me and my life.
And sometimes, the daily rut of the ordinary and the mundane, wraps its fingers around my soul and threatens to choke me.
Psalms 90:12: “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom”
What a beautiful request from the Psalmist. What if we knew what the number of our days would be on this earth? Would we act differently today or tomorrow? What wisdom would we gain? Would we let go of that offense if we knew today is our last day? Would we stop fearing what others may think of us and commit to what we know in our hearts to be true?
The irony of it all is that I’ve realized that if I keep focusing on myself and my own needs and desires, I am missing the point. All these years I’ve been trying to figure out what God wants me to do career-wise, etc. The older I get though, the more I realize my life is not about me, yet I keep getting in the way.
So, this well-known quote is my prayer:
“Maybe the mountain is me. Lord, help me move out of my own way.”
I pray that we won’t stand in our own way when it comes to being all that God created us to be and that we can learn to let go of the meaningless things holding us back.
After all, God helps us to place time in perspective, because He has created us with eternity in mind:
Ecclesiastes 3:11 “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart…”
Whatever season of our lives we are in, Jesus can teach us to number our days so that we can find hope and purpose in each one of them.
The Faithfulness of God 