Let Your Work
Be Manifest To Your
Servants
Lord, you have been our dwelling place
in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had
formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
You turn us back to dust, and say,
“Turn back, you mortals.” For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday
when it is past, or like a watch in the night.
You sweep them away; they are like a
dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning; in the morning it flourishes
and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers.
For we are consumed by your anger; by
your wrath we are overwhelmed. You have set our iniquities before you, our
secret sins in the light of your countenance.
For all our
days pass away under your wrath; our years come to an end like a sigh. The days
of our life are seventy years, or perhaps eighty, if we are strong; even then
their span is only toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.
Who considers the power of your anger?
Your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you. So teach us to count our
days that we may gain a wise heart.
Turn, O LORD! How long? Have
compassion on your servants! Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast
love, so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad as many
days as you have afflicted us, and as many years as we have seen evil. Let your
work be manifest to your servants, and your glorious power to their children.
Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and prosper for us the work of
our hands – O prosper the work of our hands!
Psalm 90:1-17
How does a believer in Jesus Christ
cope with life’s brevity and burdens without giving in and walking with our
head down? We do not have to see the negative side of everything. We should
look up and be thankful for what God has given us. When Moses wrote Psalm 90,
he was in a somber mood as he thought about the difference between God’s
eternal majesty and our human frailty. We struggle, we sorrow, we win, we fear
God, and we die. It seems depressing but Moses did not end his psalm in that
mood. We should rejoice and be glad for the days God has given us. When we see
the value of each moment and live in the glory of our redemption and the joy of
our blessings in Christ, we show our delight in God to our children and
grandchildren.
Lord, help us
to leave a legacy of gladness, hope, and peace.
You won’t be a
child of despair if you remember your Father’s care.
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