“So all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.” Genesis 9:39, NKJV
What would you, my friend, do with nine hundred and fifty years? If that was your allotted time on earth and you knew it, how would your days be filled? What goals or aspirations would you work toward? What plans would you love to see come to pass?
Nine hundred and fifty years is a lot of time compared to our days on earth now. I can’t even imagine what can be done with so much disposable time. Oh, the things that could be accomplished!
Noah wasn’t the only one. In the beginning of Genesis, living hundreds of years was not uncommon (see Genesis 5). But what is also uncommon is that in our time we do not have these years of age afforded to us. To live for almost a millennium is way out of our scope for living on this earth. As a matter of fact, we have grand celebrations if we can only make it to one hundred. That’s a great feat for us.
Knowing that our time is much shorter than those in the beginning of Genesis, what are we doing with the time we do have? How are we spending our days with this precious life we have been given?
There is a Latin phrase we love to quote often: “Carpe diem,” which means “seize the day.” We may not have hundreds of years, but we do have today. We may not know how many years we do have or how all our tomorrows will work out, but we do have today.
The very moment we are in is all that we have, and at any moment, that too, can end. What will your story be?
God has gifted us today along with its “right now” moments. Use them wisely, my friends.
“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” Psalm 90:12
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“When You Feel There Aren’t Enough Hours In a Day!”
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