So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Return, O Lord! How long? And have compassion on Your servants. Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days! Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us, the years in which we have seen evil. Let Your work appear to Your servants, and Your glory to their children. And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands. (Psalm 90:13-17)
Most theologians agree that this psalm was written by Moses, thus the oldest psalm written. After years of wandering in the wilderness, Moses leads the people of Israel in prayer . . . a prayer of looking back and moving forward!
Since God called Abraham to start a Nation, His people have a HIS-tory of rebellion/repentance/restoration. God had given them guidelines and as they rebelled, He would have to correct them. He would always have compassion upon them and restore them. This unfortunately is our HIS-tory as well!
As we look back on 2020 and move forward to 2021, we are surely able to see God's hand in it all . . . a hand of correction and affliction as well as mercy. We have witnessed evil. We have seen failures. Yet we have also been a witness to His beauty and provision.
Take time to look back . . . take time to plan ahead.
Identify (number) failures and corrections. See where we have wandered from God's plan. Seek His forgiveness and mercy. Also identify (number) where God has provided, supplied needs, granted mercy and even surprised us! Allow Him to direct your path forward. (Proverbs 16:9)
As a Nation, as teachers, as students, as husbands, wives, moms, dads, students and children . . . . allow the past year to teach. It is time to count our blessings and move forward in Christ. (Jeremiah 29:11)
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