I am thinking this morning about numbering. The Bible speaks of numbering our days. This is not random numbering, such as the jerseys on a sports team. Nor is it scale numbering, like, on a scale of 1-10, how would you rate today.
This is linear counting. Each of our days is precious, and we should count them all. It is not to say that we should know which day, numerically, we are in. It also is not suggesting that we are counting down our days, for no one knows how many days there are left on earth.
This is counting, in the context of reckoning. We are encouraged to think enough of our day that we would assign it, so to speak, a number. This day does have a particular number, and God knows what that number is. We do not know the exact number, but we should live as though we know it is numbered.
On a linear numbering system, there are no repeats. We do not get to do a day over again. Thus, we make the most of this day with God. We learn to focus and pay attention as the Creator of the universe fashions our day in perfection.
Some have said that we should live as if this is the first day of the rest of our lives. I suppose that is good if we have learned nothing on the previous days, but most of us, I hope, have learned much. The second part of the verse in Psalms 90:12 says that walking in wisdom is the result of numbering our days. Wisdom from above is a great and valuable commodity. There are few that truly walk in it.
Well, I know that in my own life, I need to focus and receive the day as if it were made for me. Otherwise, I waste it away into a great loss. I think we are all the same in this respect.
Enjoy your day today. It is fashioned in perfection for you!
Pastor Rick Knight
Director
Verticalink International
