SPEAKER_00: Psalm 90 was the biblical text this past Sunday as Pastor Mike Gibbons dealt with God's eternality contrasted with the brevity of our own lives.
SPEAKER_00: Verse 10 reminds us that we might have 70 or 80 years in this life, which is nothing more than a blip in eternity.
SPEAKER_00: The older we get, we start to understand more and more the reality that James speaks of when he says our life is like a mist that appears for a short time and then vanishes.
SPEAKER_00: The Old King James Version calls it a vapor, and one translation of the scriptures even calls it a puff of smoke.
SPEAKER_00: But because I live in the Texas Hill Country, I can relate with the way that the New Living Translation puts it, that life is like the morning fog.
SPEAKER_00: It's here a little while, then it's gone.
SPEAKER_00: In fact, I live in a valley surrounded by hills.
SPEAKER_00: Sometimes the hills visible from the front parking lot of our church completely disappear in the morning fog.
SPEAKER_00: Yet we know how fleeting that fog is.
SPEAKER_00: You know what?
SPEAKER_00: Even though life is but a mist, many of us experience sleepless nights that can feel like an eternity.
SPEAKER_00: Will I ever go back to sleep?
SPEAKER_00: We exclaim, when the worries of this world play over and over in our minds at 2 30 in the morning.
SPEAKER_00: And as a minister, I might tell you to cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you.
SPEAKER_00: Or maybe just pray and meditate on Scripture until you fall back asleep.
SPEAKER_00: But I know it's little comfort to those who struggle with sleep.
SPEAKER_00: Old Testament expert and author Chad Byrd says to teach us to number our days, O Lord, as well as our nights, when our work is done, and when we retire for the evening, let us remember Psalm 139, verse 12.
SPEAKER_00: The darkness is not dark to you.
SPEAKER_00: The night is bright as the day.
SPEAKER_00: The darkness is as light with you.
SPEAKER_00: Lord, teach us to number our days as well as our nights, that we might rest in you.
SPEAKER_00: End quote.
SPEAKER_00: So it's my prayer that even when you can't sleep, you can at least rest in the promise that God is with you.
SPEAKER_00: I hope this helps.
SPEAKER_00: This has been Dan Stevens with your daily walk.
SPEAKER_00: Thanks for joining me and have a great day.