Life Swift As A Racing River
Sunday July 26, 2020
Moses, the man whom God appointed to bring His chosen people out of slavery in Egypt wrote the following Psalm. He looked back over the generations of Israelites and noted the comfort God had been to them through the trials and troubles that preceded their entry into the promised land. Moses spoke of God as being eternal and unchanging and our human lives as being swift as a racing river before we turn back to the dust from which we were created.
Lord, through all the generations you have been our home! Before the mountains were created, before the earth was formed, you are God without beginning or end. You speak, and man turns back to dust. A thousand years are but as yesterday to you! They are like a single hour! We glide along the tides of time as swiftly as a racing river and vanish as quickly as a dream. We are like grass that is green in the morning but mowed down and withered before the evening shadows fall. (Psalm 90:1-6 TLB)
God made men and women in His image and gave us free will to follow the plans He had for us. He prepared the earth for us to live in and enjoy. We were in God’s plan before we were even conceived in our Mother’s womb and His plan included when and where we would be born. We may not know the generations before us, but God does. When we rebelled against God’s will, God made a way for us to be forgiven and reconciled with Him through Jesus. God is always present, always watching, and always inviting us to follow His ways.
God is without beginning or end. Eternity has no time limitation. A thousand years in our time-controlled world are not even one minute in God’s timeless world. We have a few earthly years to live before our bodies turn back to dust. How are we going to spend our appointed time on earth? Are we going to live in the will of our loving God or in self-will? Our eternal dwelling place rests on whose will we choose to obey.
Prayer: Eternal God, I choose to give my will and life into Your care. When my time on earth is done, my desire is to be at home with You forever in Your timeless dwelling place. Amen
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