Life is short and meaningless, and it fades away like a shadow. Who knows what is best for us? Who knows what will happen after we are gone?
What does the Bible say about the length of our days? It says are days are short. Here’s the Bible on the shortness of life:
Job 8:9
“For we are but of yesterday and know nothing,
for our days on Earth are a shadow.”
Psalm 39:4-5
“O Lord, make me know my end
and what is the measure of my days;
let me know how fleeting I am!
Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths,
and my lifetime is as nothing before You.
Surely all Mankind stands as a mere breath!”
Psalm 90:10
“The years of our life are seventy,
or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span is but toil and trouble;
they are soon gone, and we fly away.”
Psalm 103:15-16
“As for Man, his days are like grass;
he flourishes like a flower of the field;
for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,
and its place knows it no more.”
James 4:13-15
“Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit’—yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, ‘If the Lord
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Life is so short! We never realize till essentially it is too late! We, here on Earth do not realize how short it is! Don’t worry, no sermon to follow!
Psalms 39:4-13
“LORD, remind me how brief my time on Earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered— how fleeting my life is.“
Ecclesiastes 6:12 CEV
Life is short and meaningless, and it fades away like a shadow. Who knows what is best for us? Who knows what will happen after we are gone?
And we pray:
You are the God of our past and our present. By Your hand we were all created for unique purpose to be realized in the days of our lives on this Earth. Though we have no way of knowing what is coming our way, we are guaranteed that life this side of Heaven will be hard.
We know we have an enemy set to destroy us. Give us the boldness we need to operate in the power Your Holy Spirit, to discern the lies of the enemy and recall and remember the truths in Your Word.
Jesus is the story of our salvation. There in the beginning with the Father, and now sit seated at His right hand. You pray for us, and never leave us. Jesus, empower us by Your grace to love the people in our lives well, even though the ways of the world are pushing against us. Our mistakes are rampant. We’re not getting it right all of the time. We’re succumbing to pride and discord, when You set an example of and commanded us to love above all else.
Holy Spirit stir conviction in our souls like never before. Give us lessons in humility, coach us in encouragement, and mentor us in peaceably and gracefully asserting our faith into the brokenness of this world. Infuse a durability in us that is unworldly. Bless our lives to persevere, and run the race marked out for us with full steam to the very end. Until the tape breaks and we’re called Home.
In Jesus’ Name,
Amen.