(Psalm 39:4-7)…. “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.
Do you know what the average life span of a human beings is?
- World wide it is 67 years
- In the U.S. 77 years (M – 74, F – 80).
- But what does the Bible tells us in (Psalm 90:1-10)
- Here is the truth of the matter, we all have an appointed number of years from the Lord and death will come
- Whether you are 6, 16, 26, 96 – etc. – life is short and it will end
b. Notice – David’s request of the LORD – (Psalm 39:4)….“Lord, make me to know my end, and what is the measure of my days, That I may know how frail I am. When we look on death as a thing at a distance we are tempted to avoid the necessary preparations for it, we don’t want to think that all this (what we have in this world) will come to an end but when we consider how short life is, it gives us a different perspective (Ecclesiastes 7:1-4).
To consider the measure of my days that they are measured in the counsel of God, our end is a fixed end, the measure of it is short (Job 14:1-5) (Psalm 139:13-18).
What can we do to change what He has set in stone? – Nothing – (John 15:5). Years later,
Solomon who had much more would come to the same conclusion (Ecclesiastes 1:1-2) (Ecclesiastes 2:1-11). This leads to the question, “What are we living for, is it for the stuff of this world? The truth is it will sadly disappoint you, especially at the end of life, it will be meaningless
This morning I would encourage you to take inventory of your life
- Where do you spend – your time – your money – your efforts?
- Where are you pointing your family through the activities you are engaged
- Notice David’s answer to his own question: And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.
- Solomon came the same conclusion – (Ecclesiastes 12:13)
Now notice where David has placed his hope, regardless of the events around him (39:7). What is hope? It is not a mere wish for something but a strong confidence that is placed in God It is defined as a favorable and confident expectation, a desire plus expectation of the unseen (Romans 8:23-25) (1 Peter 1:20-21)What does the Christian hope for? There are several things we can list…
- Christ’s return (1 Corinthians 1:4-9) (Titus 2:11-14)
- A resurrected body (John 11:25-26) (1 Corinthians 15:39-44) (1 Corinthians 15:50-54) (Philippians 3:20-21)