Psalm 90:9-12 – “For all our days pass away under your wrath; we bring our years to an end like a sigh. 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. Who considers the power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you?  So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.”

A father was talking to his son before he went off to college, and asked him if he knew what he was going to do at college.  His son replied, “yes, I’m going to get a pre-law degree.”  “What then?” asked his father.  His son replied, “Well then I’ll go to law school” What then?” asked his father.  His son replied, “Then I’ll go work for a law firm and try to make a lot of money”  “What then?” asked his father.  His son replied, “Well I’ll retire eventually”  “What then?” asked his father.  His son replied, “Well I’ll guess eventually, I’ll die”  “What then?” asked his father.  His son didn’t have an answer.

The son had clearly spent a large amount of time planning out how he should live his life based on how he was going to spend the next 60 years of his life, but had given no thought to what awaited him upon death, or the countless years beyond that point.  He could give details about what his life would be like for the next 60 years, but could not begin to give an answer about what his life would be like the 60 million years following that.  By the grace of God we are not in the same position as that son – we know what awaits us when we die.  Let’s each of us consider where God has us today, and make plans for our future – not merely the next 60, but the 60 million years beyond that.  This is what a heart of wisdom looks like, a heart the psalmist was seeking after; that when we look back on our lives when we are lying on our deathbeds (if we live so long), we can eagerly look forward in anticipation, knowing that our plans are coming to fruition, our greatest Treasure still awaits us.

Have a great Memorial Day. know you’re all prayed for, and please pray for me, as we’re all running this race together.

Grace and Peace,
Adam