Tuesday, 07 July 2009

• A passing shadow...

  

  ¹⁵My times are in Your hands; deliver me from the hands of my foes and those who pursue me and persecute me. Psalm 31:15

  Life is Short

  Young people often act like they think they are immortal. Likewise, people whose lives are basicaly going well can be lured into the trap of thinking that the good times will never end. But when sudden difficulties or death confront us, they can shake us into the awareness that life is very short.

  Job came to that realization (Job 16:22). The sudden loss of his family, wealth, and health helped him gain perspective on life-- and death. For example, he came to see his life as passing more swiftly than a skilled weaver's shuttle as it runs through the loom (Job 7:6). Likewise, he compared his life to the existence of a flower or a passing shadow (Job 14:1-2).

  These thoughts may sound morbid, but facing the fact of life's brevity can help us do a better job of living the time that is allotted to us. We don't have to go through the kinds of sufferings that Job did to gain that perspective.

  Life is on loan from God. Therefore we do well to understand as much as we can of it's length and breadth, its strength and weakness, and its place in human history. By doing so, we can honor the truth of the psalmist who wrote, "My times are in Your hand" (Psalm 31:15).

  from What do the Bible Say About/The Ultimate A to Z Resource

      

  Life being too short should not make us feel sad, but instead give assistance to the truth that we need God to show us the right way to live, to make it worthwhile and fulfilled. Making God your central focus through His Son Jesus would make our journey on earth a joyful one. There's so much people hurting because of the economic crisis that we are all facing. People are getting desperate because they are losing their jobs, their homes and their relationships. We are all facing tough times.

  They said desperate times call for desperate measures. Our own strength is not enough to weather this rough economic times. With God in our lives, the tougher life gets, the closer God is in comforting us. Sadly, many come to God only in sorrowful times, but He should also be front and center in our lives in the better times as He will make our path straight, no matter how the world dictates us, tempts us and deceives us into believing that being worldly is a norm. Not so as we will all meet the same ending-- God making us liable to being called to account about our actions in our journey here on earth, when we face Him on the other side.

  With confidence, I'd say "Our times are in God's hands."

     

  

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