Numbering our days

“Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12
When you think about it, our lives here on this earth are incredibly short. In 70 years we will each see about 840 full moons. We will each have about 3500 weekends.
Life is deceptively fragile. It can be snuffed out in a moment’s notice – a microsecond of lapsed concentration on the freeway, a misjudged step at the top of a flight of stairs. The Bible talks of our lives being ‘like grass’ (Ps. 103:15, Isa. 40:6), or ‘a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes’ (Jas. 4:14).
However, in the course of our brief, fragile lives, we can achieve amazing things for the Lord. In the light of realising that our days are short, we need to prioritise what we do. It’s been said that no man on his death bed will wish he had spent more time at work. What is the most important thing that we could be doing with our lives? That is the thing we should be focussing on during our time here. Pursue the things that will achieve for you an eternal reward.