The Opportunity of Today!

Psalm 90

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, July 10.

Coming into pastoral ministry in my late twenties, I have spent my thirties and forties experiencing the profound truth of Psalm 90: Life is a gift, invest it wisely! I have officiated over three hundred funerals in that time-frame, walking with loved ones through their death and dying process, then speaking over their lives. My perspective on life is different than it was twenty years ago, because persistent exposure to grief changes a person. As I prepare to enter my fifties, I am sobered by the reality that every single day is an opportunity to glorify God.

Today’s psalm gives each of us the right mindset to embrace the gift of life. In Psalm 90, one of the greatest men of the Bible, “Moses, the man of God,” (title) contrasts the stability and eternity of God with the frailty and brevity of the human life. He teaches us that the fear of the Lord is the right perspective to embrace each day and not waste the opportunity found in it, as stated in Psalm 90:10-12:

As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, or if due to strength, eighty years, yet their pride is but labor and sorrow; for soon it is gone and we fly away. Who understands the power of Your anger and Your fury, according to the fear that is due You? So teach us to number our days, that we may present to You a heart of wisdom.

Every day is God’s gift of grace! Like every person who has received the precious gift of life, you must choose wisely how you are going to invest the time you have left. Learn wisdom and glorify God with it!

God bless you!

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