Psalms 90:3-8 (ESV)
You return man to dust
and say, “Return, O children of man!”
For a thousand years in your sight
are but as yesterday when it is past,
or as a watch in the night.
You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream,
like grass that is renewed in the morning:
in the morning it flourishes and is renewed;
in the evening it fades and withers.
For we are brought to an end by your anger;
by your wrath we are dismayed.
You have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sins in the light of your presence.
The above lines come from a prayer of Moses. It was at the end of Moses’ life and it reflects truths we all should know and remember:
1. Our time is limited. God has a clock, but it does not run like ours. His days are limitless, our days are limited. We are running out of time. Use it wisely.
2. Our destiny is dust. Unless Jesus returns, all mankind, upon death, are reduced to ashes. We know from the New Testament that we will raise again in a new body (1 Corinthians 15). But our final dispositions on this earth is dust. No matter our beauty, our strength, or our metabolism, we are reduced to dust. Use it wisely.
3. Compared to God’s time-line, we go quickly. We think 70 or 80 is a long time. It is not. It is over quickly. Use it wisely.
4. Death is a result of the sin of Adam. Remember, we are ALL dying because Adam sinned. Death is the final outcome. Death is separation. The first death of Adam’s sin was separation from God. He hid himself in the garden and God had to come and look for him. God searches us out and offers to cover our sin (he covered Adam’s nakedness). We can avoid the second death (permanent separation from God).
The bad news is that we die. The bad news is that sin kills us. The good news is that God offers to cover our sin with His Son’s blood. The bad news ushers in the good news.
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