Tuesday July 10, 2012

Grandfather’s Clock

Don’t spend your time, invest it.

 

Read Psalm 90:1-12                 Don’t spend your time, invest it.

 

In 1876, Henry Clay Work wrote the song “My Grandfather’s Clock.”  the song was described a grandfather’s clock that faithfully ticks through its owner’s life.  Childhood, adulthood and old age are all viewed in relationship to his believed timepiece.  The refrain says:

Ninety years without slumbering,

Tick, tock, tick, tock,

 

But it stopped, short,

Never to go again,

When the old man died.

The relentless ticking of the clock reminds us that our time on earth is limited.  Despite the joys and pains of life, time always marches on.  For the believer, our time on earth is an opportunity for gaining wisdom.  The psalmist writes, “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom” (Psalm 90:12).

 

One way of numbering our days is to ask ourselves these kinds of questions: How can I become more like Christ?  Am I reading the Word regularly?  Am I devoting time to prayer?  Am I meeting together with believers?  The way we answer these questions is an indicator of the progress we’re making in gaining wisdom and becoming more like Christ.

 

No matter the phase of life—childhood, youth, middle aged or senior years—life always affords us opportunities to grow in faith and wisdom.  Numbering our days is the wise response to life’s inevitable progress.

 

How are you progressing on your journey?

 

Prayer:

¥ Pray that God would grow faithfulness and steadfastness in each and every person in your congregation. Pray that cell leaders would be faithful and steadfast in their ministry and service. Pray that we would all be supporting them and upholding them in our prayers.

¥ Pray that your congregation would be known as a prayerful congregation.  Pray that we would all connect with God and grow deeply in Him, seeking Him in everything. Pray for a heart in each person that reaches up to God in all things, not just in trials.