...following up on my previous post about living life in earnest...
A prayer of Moses in Psalm 90 speaks similarly of living life earnestly, with God-given wisdom and God-ward purpose. In the Psalm, I am reminded that it is the eternal God who not only gives me life but is the one who sustains my life. My life may be brief and fleeting (even if I live to 80!), but there is much that God would have me do. And in order to live my life fully in the "living present" (Longfellow), I need God to teach me to number my days that I may gain a heart of wisdom to live each of my days purposefully for Him (Psalm 90:12), and not flippantly for myself. When I wake up each morning, may He grace me with an acute awareness of His unchanging love. May He be so gracious as to establish the work of my hands for the day, helping me to recognize the opportunities that He has set before me, giving me the eyes to see beyond my own truncated agenda, and granting me the will and strength to bid His call (especially when what He is calling me to do is inconvenient, difficult or unpopular).
I believe we can indeed "make our lives sublime" (Longfellow), but only when our motivation, focus and purpose rest beyond ourselves. For if they come from within ourselves, we become proud and self-absorbed!
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