DAILY?READINGS: 1 Kings 6; Jeremiah 13; Ephesians 5:22 to 6:9
Remember how short my time is: why hast Thou made all men in vain? Psalm 89:47
The psalmist is pleading with God to turn from chastening the Jews. He reminds God that his time on the earth is brief and that he longs to see Israel receive Messianic blessing rather than God’s wrath. The next Psalm answers the appeal: “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom” (Ps. 90:12). We often have no control over life’s circumstances, but we are in full control of how we respond to them. Through prayer and God’s Word may we learn to make each day count for eternity. —Warren A. Henderson
Looking upward every day, sunshine on our faces;
Pressing onward every day, toward the heavenly places. —M. Butler