Numbering our days
Slopsema's exposition of Psalm 90:12 calls believers to reflect on the brevity and frailty of human life in light of God's sovereign wrath against sin, urging them to "number their days" as a means of gaining spiritual wisdom. The article grounds this meditation in Moses' original composition and applies it both to the unregenerate world under God's judgment and implicitly to believers seeking to live faithfully in light of life's shortness. It combines biblical exegesis with practical spiritual application for daily Christian living.
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Psalm 90:12 Are you numbering your days? We must number the days of our lives already lived. How old are you? How many days has that been? And what has filled those day? We must also number the days that we can reasonably expect to live yet on the earth. It is good to do this that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. What it means to number or count our days will become clear only in light of what has already been...
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