Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Attitude”
Our Bible verse for today: “The length of our days is seventy years – or eighty, if we have the strength; yet their span is but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.” Psalm 90:10 (NIV)
Our thought for today: “Enjoy your life today.”
I read a statement recently which caused me to stop and think about how quickly life passes. It was this: “There are people who do not live their present life; it is as if they were preparing themselves, with all their zeal, to live some other life, but not this one. And while they do this, time goes by and is lost.”
It’s true. Many of us spend countless hours daydreaming about the life we hope to have in the future, and we forget to simply enjoy the life we have now. While it is important to have a vision for the future, and setting goals and making plans is essential, we cannot become so fixated on what we hope to have in the future that we fail to appreciate what we do have now. Many of us are so preoccupied with thoughts of the life we want to have that we forget to live the life we do have.
In Psalm 90:10 Moses was reflecting on the brevity of life. In his analogy he referred to an average lifespan of 70 or 80 years. A few get more than that but many get less – sometimes much less. We all know this. We know we’re not even promised tomorrow, or tonight for that matter. All we know for certain is that we have this moment – and perhaps the next, and maybe the one after that.
The fact is that you’re going to die. Maybe not today but someday, and chances are it will come sooner than you think. Even if you live 70, 80, or 90 years, you will inevitably find yourself sitting there wondering where the years went and how is it that they passed by so quickly.
So yes, plan for tomorrow, and for next week and next year and next decade. The law of averages says you will probably have 70 or 80 years of life. But don’t lose sight of the fact that it could all end much sooner than that. This moment is all you know for sure that you have. So live it well. Enjoy it fully. Make the most of it. Plan for tomorrow, but enjoy the life you have today.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 