Psalm 90:5-6

Psalm 90:5-6

Here this morning, gone tonight

It’s difficult to think of a more scathing indictment of human life than this! Some might say that the Bible is full of good news, it’s a revelation of God’s eternal plans and an encouragement to enjoy a fulfilled life. Then we read verse 4 of this Psalm and discover that the plans and timing of our God are way outside our comprehension and now we are told why. God is eternal, He has no need to measure time, things will happen when He says so and not before. A thousand years may pass like a day with Him, or a major twist to the plan may come upon us all tomorrow. Who knows? Who knows the mind of God? 

Added to this we now have a reminder of the temporary nature of human life. We all hang by a thread, even if we live to be a hundred our lifespan is nothing, it is no more than the grass that looks fresh and new in the morning but is faded and bare by nightfall. Man is nothing! Our time here on this planet is nothing! Our influence is nothing! Our importance is negligible. We do not change anything. However powerful and significant a man or woman might be at a moment in time, that is all it is, a moment in time, whilst God is permanent, timeless, and everlasting and His plans roll on through the ages, regardless. The great leaders of the past have gone, their significance was far less than was thought, while the Lord remains, and His purposes continue to unfold.

Grim reality? For some yes, but for you and me, those who believe, this is reassuring. We do not have to work to gain significance or to add prestige to our reputations. We can simply rest in the care and provision of a God who knows all things and ensure that the only significance that matters is His! And isn’t it amazing that we too, His church, have been given eternal life? The one thing that the ancients could never understand has now been promised to us, so let’s not worry about time and death and unfinished business, we have eternity to do it all! Hallelujah!

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