Our Daily Bread SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2022

SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2022

TEXT: Psalm 90:1-17

1. God, it seems you’ve been our home forever;

2. long before the mountains were born, Long before you brought each itself to birth, from “once upon a time” to “kingdom come” – you are God.

3. So don’t return us to mud, saying, “Back to where you came from!”

4. Patience! You’ve got all the time in the world – whether a thousand years or a day, it’s all the same to you.

5. Are we no more to you than a wispy dream, no more than a blade of grass

6. That springs up gloriously with the rising sun and is cut down without a second thought?

7. Your anger is far and away too much for us; we’re at the end of our rope.

8. You keep track of all our sins; every misdeed since we were children is entered in your books.

9. All we can remember is that frown on your face. Is that all we’re ever going to get?

10. We live for seventy years or so (with luck we might make it to eighty), And what do we have to show for it? Trouble. Toil and trouble and a marker in the graveyard.

11. Who can make sense of such rage, such anger against the very ones who fear you?

12. Oh! Teach us live well! Teach us to live wisely and well!

13. Come back, God – how long do we have to wait? And treat your servants with kindness for a change.

14. Surprise us with love at daybreak; then we’ll skip and dance all the day long.

15. Make up for the bad times with some good times; we’ve seen enough evil to last a lifetime.

16. Let you servants see what you’re best at – the ways you rule and bless your children.

17. And let the loveliness of our Lord, our God, rest on us, confirming the work that we do. Oh, yes. Affirm the work that we do!

(The Message)

TOPIC: LIFE IS BRIEF

Our lives are likened to grass that springs up in the morning blooming and flourishing but by evening it is dry and withered. Life is filled with pain and trouble but the years will soon fly away.

Since life is but for a while, we are encouraged to ask God to teach us to number our days so that we can gain a heart of wisdom.

The anger of the Lord is very great and no one can stand it. We can avoid this anger by moving close to Him by completely surrendering our lives. Let us also ask that the Lord will have compassion and show us His unfailing love.

QUESTION: Do you know that God has your life in His hands and can request for it anytime?

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, help me to live my life as if You are coming in the next moment, in Jesus name, Amen.