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Opening Prayer
Thank God for the day and his Word, and ask the Spirit to work in us so that we understand and believe it.
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Scripture Passage
Psalm 90
The Eternity of God, and Man’s Frailty
A Prayer Of Moses the Man of God.
1 Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth,
Or ever You had formed the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
3 You turn man to destruction,
And say, “Return, O children of men.”
4 For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it is past,
And like a watch in the night.
5 You carry them away like a flood;
They are like a sleep.
In the morning they are like grass which grows up:
6 In the morning it flourishes and grows up;
In the evening it is cut down and withers.
7 For we have been consumed by Your anger,
And by Your wrath we are terrified.
8 You have set our iniquities before You,
Our secret sins in the light of Your countenance.
9 For all our days have passed away in Your wrath;
We finish our years like a sigh.
10 The days of our lives are seventy years;
And if by reason of strength they are eighty years,
Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow;
For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
11 Who knows the power of Your anger?
For as the fear of You, so is Your wrath.
12 So teach us to number our days,
That we may gain a heart of wisdom.
13 Return, O Lord!
How long?
And have compassion on Your servants.
14 Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy,
That we may rejoice and be glad all our days!
15 Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us,
The years in which we have seen evil.
16 Let Your work appear to Your servants,
And Your glory to their children.
17 And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us,
And establish the work of our hands for us;
Yes, establish the work of our hands.
The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), Ps 90.
A — About
What Is This Passage About?
Psalm 90 contrasts the everlasting God with brief human lives marked by sin, divine wrath, labor, sorrow, and death. Moses asks God to teach his people to number their days, satisfy them with mercy, give gladness, show his glory, and establish their work.
B — Best Verse
A Verse That Summarizes the Passage
Psalm 90:12
Distilled from the devotional exposition; the speaker did not explicitly name a best verse.
The complete transcript contains no explicit Best Verse choice. Verse 12 distills the devotion's central call to recognize life's brevity and ask God for wisdom in numbering one's days.
C — Called or Christ
C — Called to Do
Receive each waking day as God's gift, number your brief days wisely, and ask him for gladness, mercy, peace, and favor. Live in light of eternity rather than treating present suffering as the whole story.
Devotional Study
Transcript of the devotion. Minor transcription errors may remain.
There we go. Good morning and welcome to coffee and devotions. This is where every day we get together, we get into God's word and we grow in our love for the Lord. Oh, the wisdom literature. You're right. Yeah. Why don't we go ahead and have some coffee, pray and we'll get this all. Let's pray. Let's pray. Father, we thank you so much for this day and we thank you for your word. Father, we pray that as we read your word, Your spirit would be working in us that we would understand it and believe it in Jesus's name. Amen. All right, here we go Yeah, it's life yep, I know my computer crashed that was weird but we'll work on that in a minute. All right a prayer of Moses the man of God Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.
Before the mountains were brought forth, wherever you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God. What's that teach us about God? He's everlasting. Before there was mountains, who was there? God. Before there was a world, who was there? God. God, that's right. Before there was a universe, there was God. That's right. Before there was a universe, there was God.
Nathan, can you read 3 through 6? Daniel? You turn man to destruction, and say, you turn a child of man for a thousand years, and you say, yesterday is past. And like a watch in the night. Whoa, a thousand years is like one day to God? Wow. Like a rock in the night, you carry them away like a flood. They are like a sleep in the morning. They are like grass which grows up in the morning and flourishes and grows up in the evening. It is cut down and withers.
Oh boy. Do we get a lot of grass that grows fast in the spring? No. And then what happens later? What do we have to do when the grass gets long? Mow it. We have to mow it down. No, cut it. Yeah, we have to cut it down, right? That's what it's saying our lives are like before God. We're just like the grass. Because there's going to be ticks. Well, we're not worried about the ticks here. It's the point is how fast the grass grows and that has to be cut down. That's what our lives are like before God. Not because it grows so high that it does. Well, the point is that our lives are really fast compared to God. Alright, now let's listen. Okay, Debra? Okay, it's time to listen. God is high. Okay, Debra, it's 7 through 12.
Here we go. Alright, for we have been consumed by your anger and by your wrath we are terrified. We have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins, in the light of your countenance. Does God see all of our iniquity? That's right. For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We finish our years like a sigh. The days of our lives are 70 years. And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, yet their boast is only labor and sorrow. For it is soon cut off and we fly away.
Who knows the power of your anger? For as the fear of you, so is your wrath. So teach us to number our days, that we may gain the heart of wisdom. Return, O Lord, how long? And have compassion on your servants. O, satisfy us early with mercy, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad according to the days in which you have afflicted us, the years in which we have seen evil. Let your work appear to your servants, and your glory to their children. And let the beauty of the Lord of our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands for us. Yes, establish the work of our hands.
What do you guys think this whole thing was about? What is this about? Time is like nothing to God. Time is like nothing to God? What do you think? Like, time is for God. Like, nothing. Just nothing. Yeah, and so, can people live a long time? Can they live, like, 70, 80 years? Yeah. Yeah. Like, uh, who I know that a cousin, a buddy, Whatever you said, okay, but but what should we do?
What is Yeah, mr. McDonald's is 98 years since what does God tell us to do to number what number our number our days Do we need to ask God to give us gladness in our days? Yeah, we need to ask God to give us gladness. Well, why don't we go ahead and pray now.
Lord, we thank you that every day when we open our eyes, it is a gift from you. Lord, we thank you that in the light of eternity, our suffering now is but a moment. and you know it. But Father, we know that after we close our eyes that final time, that eternity waits us. When a thousand years is but just a blink of an eye. Lord, we pray that you would give us peace and that your face would shine upon us. In Jesus' name, Amen. May the Lord bless you today. May you live in the light of eternity as you seek God's face. We'll see you tomorrow. Bye! Opal.