Teach us to number our days

Psa 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.


Teach us to NUMBER OUR DAYS.


In a world where people kill other people and steal their internal organs so others can take those organs and replace their own diseased organs and live longer, numbering our days is something people do NOT want to do. We don't like to think about the number of our days. We don't want to talk about our own death- it's considered morbid. People who talk about numbering their days are told to stop doing that and just concentrate on living endlessly. Even people who are on death's door are told to keep hoping, never give up hope.


The Bible tells us - Teach us to number our days. Why? So that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.


How does numbering our days apply our hearts to wisdom?


It is WISE to understand our life here and now is temporary and it is wise for us to understand that this life, in this corrupted earth will NOT go on endlessly. It is wise for us to realize that we are judged in this life and that our names are entered into heavens books- The Book of Life, Book of Remembrance, books people are judged out of.


Rev 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.


Mal 3:16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.


Rev 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works


We are judged out of those things which are WRITTEN in the books according to our works.


Before you start shouting that it can't be, that we are saved by grace and not of works, let me tell you I agree. We are saved by grace but NOT everyone will be saved by grace. Why not? Because NOT everyone will choose to be saved by grace but rather choose their own brand of salvation which is them trying to save themselves apart from the grace of Christ. Even some who profess to know Christ will in fact know of Him, but not really know Him and be known by Him, they will be trying to save themselves under self delusion thinking it's Christ saving them. It's true we are judged by our works- those who are not written in the Lamb's book of life will have their lives judged by their own lives not His. If our names are written in the Lamb's book of life then it is HIS life that is judged for us and His life has already been found acceptable. If we do not have His life covering ours then our life in all it's sinfulness will be revealed- it will be judged. So, yes, it is important to number our days, to be taught to number our days so we can apply our hearts to wisdom.


Psa 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.


Our hearts applied to wisdom. We want our hearts applied to wisdom and we need to be taught to number our days- to know that our lives are not endless. In fact we haven't a clue as to when our lives will end. Some live very short lives, others very long - but those in each case had no clue how long they would live. Yes, there are cases of illnesses and disease that give a person an idea of the length of their lives- if a doctor tells you you're dying and you truly are in the latest stages of some horrible disease that even you yourself suspect will be no turning back from - then you know that numbering your days is something upon you, those numbers are up. However, even those who contract such an illness are involved in some horrific accident - before these events they do not know the number of their days are drawing to a close.


People aren't born knowing the number of their days. If face according to Psalms 90:12 it says-- teach us to number our days. TEACH US.


This isn't an instruction for disaster and morbid thinking, this isn't an instruction for depression or a recipe for choosing to live recklessly. This is an instruction for wisdom, for understanding the truth of our existence. Once again knowing that there is no continued living right after death, a slippery slide into the next life, a closing of eyes only to appear instantly transported where the number of our days just continues on and on. Our days are numbered. We are going to face death, there is an inevitability in this.


Ecc 9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.


The living know that they shall die.


The living know their days are numbered and applying this to our thinking is heart wisdom if we are taught from God to do this as He wills us to through His understanding and not our own.


Not morbidity, but comprehending even more so that this life is not endless, and we truly must live for eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, not live for the days we have in this mortal existence, days that are numbered.


Please precious Lord, teach us to number our days so we can apply our hearts unto wisdom as You would have us do. Open our hearts and our minds to Your love, to Your mercy, to Your grace, to all knowledge in You.


By Your love now and forever and ever.


Amen.