Count the Days
By Suzanne Benner
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“Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom” Psalm 90:12
As my mind contemplates the opportunities available this fall to study, to work, to create, to lead, I wonder how best I can spend my time.
In order to decide, I first need to begin to number my days aright; to know that God has a purpose for today in my life. To understand that His design for my present is neither too great – that I could somehow screw up the cosmos with a mistake – nor too insignificant – that He is uninterested in who I am or what I do.
The lyrics of a Chris Rice song repeat in my mind, urging me to comprehend that although my life on earth is fleeting, there is significance in how I live it. “Teach us to count the days, teach us to make the days count. Lead us in better ways, somehow our souls forgot, life means so much.” (Life Means so Much by Chris Rice)
Each day has value because God has given it to me.
The length of time I have on earth is known by Him alone. How would He have me spend the time that He has allotted?
The family I have is a gift from God, as is the work that He has provided for me to do. Yet God also planned for my body to need sleep and nourishment. We need to be taught by God how to make wise decisions with our days.
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~God give me the wisdom to number my days properly, to understand that life is precious and brief, but also that You have given me the right amount of time to do what You have planned.
Questions: What does it mean to you to “number our days aright”? How does knowing God cares about you specifically affect the way you spend your time?
About the Author: Suzanne Benner
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Thank you, Anon :-} .
I pray the Lord would provide for the both of us, Dianne. Hang in there. God bless.
I need help with this. Day after day, I lose days. It has been 2 years since I have worked. I look and look but intermittently. My job search efforts disappear in watching my grand daughter, talking with my friend, putzing on the computer, going to sleep at 2am and getting up at 11am, and so on.
I am double minded about working. I have had many bad experiences at work. I also resent the loss of “my time,” and unfair or unjust expectations at work, when I work. I am not able to produce the way employers want employees to work, especially these days. I am afraid to deal with co-workers and supervisors.
I also tend to be lazy. But at work, I am not. I am a conscientious worker. I am a focused worker. I am not a fast worker or a good multi tasker. I have had over 50 jobs (several times it has been multiple part time jobs at one time) in 28 years or so.
But we need me to bring in income. I’ve prayed for years as I look, and chicken out or feel resentful when I get a call back. I am like the person in James 1: 6 But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does. Especially I am living under verse 7.
But I DO need help. WE need help. If you’d pray for me and us, I’d appreciate it.
Thank you all!
Dianne :-}
thank you for this devotional & reminder again. I pray God would remind us to live that way. God bless.
Thank you Suzanne for today’s devotional. Today’s devotional bear
witness to the way I’ve been thinking lately. I am so aware of how
brief and precious the time we have here on earth. The life span of
man is like a vapor that appear for a moment and then gone. When-
ever somebody I knows die, I am faced with this truth, that life is so
short and shorter than we imagine. I have been taking inventory of
my life and have made an effort to trim some of the unnecessary(fat),
and really paid attention to what matters most. I find myself making
an effort to not let certain things get under my skin, because life is too
short to spend value time over such a vain thing. I even been en-
couraging my husband not to waste time over being upset over some-
thing, it’s not worth the time you use on it. I have been also thinking
about getting away on vacation with my husband so we can spend
some quality time together. My husband works a lot, he is always
working overtime because his job seem to be always short of help.
I am praying that my husband will realize that sometime he just need
to say no to overtime, and use that time in another way. I am purposing to be open to anything God may instructing me to do , be-
sides what is already on my plate for him. I find myself walking a little
more carefully with each step I take, fully aware of how time seem to
be fastly passing away. I also am examining my thoughts, my actions,
and my reactions more and making sure they line up with the word of
God. If they don’t line up with the word of God(sometime they don’t),
then I began to work on lining them up. This devotional is a thought
provoking teaching, that influence you to look inward and outward at
yourself. God bless everyone!