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How quickly the time passes!
How rapidly things in this world change!
My text this afternoon contains a prayer that I have uttered to God more times than I can count in the last few weeks.
Yet, it is a prayer that weighs more heavily upon my heart than ever before.
“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.”
Of all mathematical problems this is the most difficult.
Men can number their herds and their flocks.
They can estimate the revenues of their farms and businesses with relative ease.
We can count our cash, balance our check books, and calculate what our retirement income should be.
Yet, mortal man foolishly imagines that he is immortal.
Most are persuaded that their days are infinite and innumerable.
Therefore they do not number them.
We look at a strong young man, one who watches his diet, exercises regularly, and seems to sparkle with life, and say, “He has a long life ahead of him.”
And we look at an old woman, weak, worn, wrinkled, and ever weary, and say, “She will not be with us very long.
Her days are few.”
Thus, we imagine that we can number the days of others, but few will number his own days.
What folly!
It is evident that the great thing needed to persuade us to prepare for eternity is the persuasion of our own mortality and the brevity of our lives in this world.
We will not apply our hearts unto wisdom until we are brought to the numbering of our days.
Yet, the fact is, no one will number his days and apply his heart unto wisdom until he is taught of God to do so.
Thus Moses prayed, “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.”
As we reflect upon the brevity of time, we ought to be persuaded to set our thoughts upon things that are eternal.
As we look into the grave, which must soon be our bed, we ought to be humbled and made to know how frail we are.
But we are not wise.
Only the grace of God will cause a mortal man to number his days and apply his heart unto wisdom.
Let this, then, be your prayer and mine: “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.”
I have only just a minute, only 60 seconds in it;
forced upon me; can't refuse it;
didn't seek it, didn't chose it.
But it's up to me just how I use it.
I must suffer if I lose it, give account if I abuse it.
Just a tiny little minute, but eternity is in it.
The Big Idea: A sense of mortality ought to make us wise and cause us to apply our hearts unto wisdom.
In this message, I want to show you five words from God about time, about our brief, brief time in this world.
May God the Holy Spirit be our Teacher and apply these things to our hearts.
A Word of Comfort
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Thank God, my times are not in the hands of my enemies, or even in the hands of my friends, or even in my own hands.
“My times are in thy hand!”
The time that I shall live is in his hand, determined by him alone.
The times of my trials, troubles, and temptations are in his hand.
The times of my peace, prosperity, and pleasure are in his hands too.
My times of darkness, desertion, and despondency as well as my times of dancing and delight are in his hand.
All my times are appointed by him, ordered by him, and disposed of by him for my good and his glory.
I can think of nothing in all the world more comforting.
“Our times are in Thy hand,Father,
we wish them there:
Our life, our soul, our all we leave
Entirely to Thy care.
“Our times are in Thy hand,
Whatever thy may be,
Pleasing or painful, dark or bright,
As best may seem to Thee.
“Our times are in Thy hand,
Why should we doubt or fear?
A Father’s hand will never cause
His child a needless tear.
“Our times are in Thy hand,
Jesus the crucified!
The hand our many sins had pierced
Is now our guard and guide.
“Our times are in Thy hand,
(Help us to) trust in Thee;
Till we have left this weary land,
And all Thy glory see.”
As this fact quietened David’s heart in the midst of great trials, so let it quieten our hearts as we make our pilgrimage through this vale of tears.
“My times are in thy hand.”
My time in this world has been appointed by my heavenly Father.
My time in this world is ruled by my heavenly Father.
My time in this world is ruled by my heavenly Father.
No minute need be lived in vain.
Eternity will render it significant if lived in faith for the glory of God.
In the end we are comforted by these words: "My times are in Your hand"
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A Word of Caution
The apostle Paul warned us of the perilous times in which we now live.·
In these days of apostate we must tenaciously adhere to the old, old path of gospel truth that hold our hearts in peace.
Divine Sovereignty· Electing Love· Particular Effectual Redemption· Efficacious Grace· Special Providence
A Word of Counsel
Because the time is short, we must redeem the time we have
Because the time is short, we must redeem the time we have ().
C.H. Spurgeon wrote, “A short life should be wisely spent.
We have not enough time at our disposal to justify us in misspending a single quarter of an hour.
Neither are we sure of enough life to justify us in procrastinating for a moment.” A. The time for salvation is short (; ).B.
The time for service is short.
-”The night cometh when no man can work” ().C.
The time for suffering is short ().
C.H. Spurgeon wrote, “A short life should be wisely spent.
We have not enough time at our disposal to justify us in misspending a single quarter of an hour.
Neither are we sure of enough life to justify us in procrastinating for a moment.” A. The time for salvation is short (; ).B.
The time for service is short.
-”The night cometh when no man can work” ().C.
The time for suffering is short ().
C.H. Spurgeon wrote, “A short life should be wisely spent.
We have not enough time at our disposal to justify us in misspending a single quarter of an hour.
Neither are we sure of enough life to justify us in procrastinating for a moment.”
The time for salvation is short.
Harry Ironside exhorts us "to be as alert for witnessing to the lost as bargain hunters are to purchase goods to advantage.
Yet how often we neglect to use the circumstances which are put in our way, where we may say a word for our Lord and endeavor to point the lost to Him.
Our intentions are good, but we become so occupied with other matters, many of them trifling in the extreme, and before we realize it the person to whom we should have spoken is beyond our reach."
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The time for service is short.
"When as a child I laughed and wept, time crept.
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