Psalm 144:4

Psalm 144:4

We are just fleeting shadows!

When we looked at  verse 3 of this Psalm, we noted that there was repetition of previous musings of David, in Psalm 8. This verse repeats thoughts from Psalm39:4-5, “Show me, Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is. You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before You. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure.”

When we are young life seems like a never-ending journey that spans the decades before us. In our middle years we can feel invincible and, of course, we are brainwashed into planning and preparing for those golden years ahead, called retirement, when all mortgages and debts are paid off, when healthy pensions provide a steady income and we can enjoy all the pleasures that we dreamed of when life was just a dull routine of work. In truth, it is not like that, in our later years we are amazed at how quickly time has gone and find that we have young minds that live in ageing bodies and that the world treats us very differently when we sport greying hair and hearing aids! Every day, the news throws up names of well-known celebrities who’ve passed away and yet 20-30 years before they seemed indestructible. It’s true, life is but a fleeting shadow, we are here on earth for a very short time and even the most influential of us have very little effect on what really matters. There is not a better reason to put our fleeting lives in the hands of Almighty God and to trust Him with the future. Let’s thank Him that He has a future for us! Hallelujah!

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