Teach Us to Number Our Days Today is #1

Teach Us to Number Our Days

Today is #1

It is said your Wedding Day is

the most important day of your life.

As important as the wedding is,

it is not the most important,

 unless it is today.

I am glad for the memories of my Wedding Day.

But giving Sandy a big hug and kiss

when she comes home from work

will be better than the memory.

Today is the most important day of your life.

So go ahead and rejoice and make the most of it

before it becomes tomorrow’s memory.

Recognizing the importance of

Today!

As we focus on numbering our days,

we need to remember

we can not live in the past.

Review mirrors are good,

but you don’t want to spend

your life looking in one. 

Yesterdays have given

us great lessons.

David accounts his yesterdays,

the battles and victories, even

the sever chastening of the Lord.

Then says,

“This is the day that the Lord has made

I will rejoice and be glad in it”

Psalm 118:24

David didn’t waste his days

wishing for tomorrow.

He declared…. “this is the day.”

I have paraphrased this verse this way…

“This is the day the Lord has made

and He has something

especially in mind for you.”

Whether you are an early riser

or you hit the snooze 30 times,

you ought to get up praising God.

If you have breath today,

it is because He gave it to you.  

Recognize that today

is the most important day

of your life.

You can’t live in yesterday

or tomorrow.

So make Today #1.

So as you number your days

make today the most important

and start it like David,

rejoicing and being glad!

Scripture Reading

Psalm 90:12 NIV

12 Teach us to number our days aright,

that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Psalms 118:29 NIV

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

2 Let Israel say:"His love endures forever."

3 Let the house of Aaron say:"His love endures forever."

4 Let those who fear the LORD say:"His love endures forever."

5 In my anguish I cried to the LORD, and he answered by setting me free.

6 The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid.

What can man do to me?

7 The LORD is with me; he is my helper.

I will look in triumph on my enemies.

8 It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.

9 It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.

10 All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

11 They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

12 They swarmed around me like bees, but they died out as quickly as burning thorns;

in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

13 I was pushed back and about to fall, but the LORD helped me.

14 The LORD is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.

15 Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous:

"The LORD's right hand has done mighty things!

16 The LORD's right hand is lifted high;

the LORD's right hand has done mighty things!"

17 I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the LORD has done.

18 The LORD has chastened me severely, but he has not given me over to death.

19 Open for me the gates of righteousness; I will enter and give thanks to the LORD.

20 This is the gate of the LORD through which the righteous may enter.

21 I will give you thanks, for you answered me; you have become my salvation.

22 The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone;

23 the LORD has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes.

24 This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

25 O LORD, save us; O LORD, grant us success.

26 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD.

From the house of the LORD we bless you.  

27 The LORD is God, and he has made his light shine upon us.

With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession up to the horns of the altar.

28 You are my God, and I will give you thanks; you are my God, and I will exalt you.

29 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.