Sunday Recap 8-1-10

Today was Homecoming Sunday at Monticello.  During the Sunday school hour, the church was encouraged by the music of  Higher Ground, a Bluegrass band.  They did a fantastic job.  They also did several numbers during the worship service.


The sermon looked at "The Power of a Moment," drawing from Moses' prayer in Psalm 90:12.  Moses asked of the Lord, "Teach us to number our days aright, that we might gain a heart of wisdom."  We looked at three reasons we should number our days.

• First, we should number our days, because they have been numbered.  David tells us that all of the days ordained for us were written down in God's book before we even lived one of them (see Psalm 139:16).  Hebrews 9:27 informs us that, "it has been appointed once for man to die, and after this judgment."  We must come to realize that our days are numbered, and they are few.

• Secondly, we should number our days, because they are few.  In Psalm 39, David says that man's days are a few handbreadths, a breathe, and a shadow/phantom (see Psalm 39:4-6).  Even though we grieve the loss of an aged loved one, we are consoled by the fact that "it was their time" or that "they lived a good, long life."  Yet, when a child dies we feel as if this is somehow wrong or "untimely."  Each day is a gift, appointed by God, to us.  Some are gifted with more, so with less, but each one is a gift.  We number our days, because they are few, and we want to make the most out of the time we have been given.  We do this by walking the path of wisdom.

• Thirdly, we should number our days, because we want a heart of wisdom.  Wisdom is the ability live in the way that pleases God.  It is the path of righteousness and holiness.  If we fail to walk in wisdom, then we chose the path of foolishness.  Foolishness is rebellion to God's Word.  We are born into the world bent toward foolishness, but God in his grace has offered us peace and a place in his family.

God calls us today, and everyday, to build upon his past faithfulness and his promises of a future, as we live for his glory here below.  They day is coming when our struggles will cease, when sorrow will be no more, and when death is finally and fully defeated.  While we wait for that day, let us number our days, that we might gain a heart of wisdom.

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