Thursday, August 2, 2007

on making the most out of our days...

Had to lead in morning devotions today. Wasn't really sure of what to share until after hearing my fellow colleague's sharing about time, and the concept of God's timing on Wednesday's morning devotions.

I guess my sharing was more of an extension of his, reflecting on whether I had been a good steward of time God has given to me. To put it another way, had I let God being God of my time, or had I played god over my own schedule. Is time my god i.e. reacting to the various events that happened these past few days, or had I still let God be God over my life?

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In His time, in His time,
He makes all thing beautiful in His time.
Lord, my life to You I bring,
May each song I have to sing,
Be to You a lovely thing, in Your time.

 

In Your time, in Your time,
You make all thing beautiful in Your time.
Lord, my life to You I bring,
May each song I have to sing,
Be to You a lovely thing, in Your time.

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Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.
Before the mountains were born
         Or You gave birth to the earth and the world,
         Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
You turn man back into dust
         And say, "Return, O children of men."
For a thousand years in Your sight
         Are like yesterday when it passes by,
         Or as a watch in the night.
You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep;
         In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.
In the morning it flourishes and sprouts anew;
         Toward evening it fades and withers away.
For we have been consumed by Your anger
         And by Your wrath we have been dismayed.
You have placed our iniquities before You,
         Our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
For all our days have declined in Your fury;
         We have finished our years like a sigh.
As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years,
         Or if due to strength, eighty years,
         Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow;
         For soon it is gone and we fly away.
Who understands the power of Your anger
         And Your fury, according to the fear that is due You?
So teach us to number our days,
         That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.

Do return, O LORD; how long will it be?
         And be sorry for Your servants.
O satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness,
         That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
Make us glad according to the days You have afflicted us,
         And the years we have seen evil.
Let Your work appear to Your servants
         And Your majesty to their children.
Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us;
         And confirm for us the work of our hands;
         Yes, confirm the work of our hands.

                                                                   - Psalm 90 (NASB)

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