“Lord, Make Me To Know My End”

“Lord, make me to know my end, and what is the measure of my days, that I may know how frail I am.

Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, and my age is as nothing before You; certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah

Surely every man walks about like a shadow; surely they busy themselves in vain; he heaps up riches, and does not know who will gather them.

“And now, Lord, what do I wait for? my hope is in You.

Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of the foolish.

I was mute, I did not open my mouth, because it was You who did it.

Remove Your plague from me; I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.

When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity, you make his beauty melt away like a moth; surely every man is vapor. Selah

“Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; do not be silent at my tears; for I am a stranger with You, a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

Remove Your gaze from me, that I may regain strength, before I go away and am no more.”

Psalm 39:4-13

There is a difficulty in admitting that our time on earth is limited inspired by a wristwatch on our arm.

David grappled with the brevity of his life, saying, “Show me, Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is.”

The clock is ticking. Now is the time to seek God’s power to help us become the people He wants us to be. Finding hope in our eternal God gives meaning for our lives today.

The time to live for Jesus is now.

Our Daily Bread – October 5, 2015