Teach Us to Number

So teach us to number our days, That we may present to You a heart of wisdom. – Psalm 90:12

Well, look at that! The LORD of time and eternity has taught you to pray in such a manner that you ask Him to teach you to number your days.

This He has done, in answer to your prayer. You have a calendar, and you have a clock. Both are tools to mark out the past and the future as you live your days. Both serve as a way of governing perspective and ordering the good works you have been given to do as a baptized child of God.

They are a way of looking back to how God has graciously intervened so many times on behalf of His beloved creation, of which you are a part He does not neglect in the least. You look back on your own time with fear and trembling, because of sin and death.

The calendar we know today has a long and extensive history. It is rooted in the biblical texts, beginning with the Day of Creation. The Book of Genesis states clearly how old Adam was when he died. It does not use smoke, mirrors, or other twists of philosophy.

It is normal days, just like you see every day, that transpired while Adam and Eve lived in fear and trembling and hoped for salvation in the Christ who was to come at the appointed time and apply His days in such a manner as to win salvation for all poor sinners, Good Friday through Easter in particular being days of note.

You see the same sun each day that Adam and Eve saw. As a heart of wisdom can only be created from Above by the same Word that created the heavens and the Earth, that heart is yours because you’ve been baptized into His name and His works on your behalf.

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