Perhaps it's the mercy of God that life is but a mere vapor.
Honestly, in a world that is growing increasingly dark and violent, who'd really want to live a hundred or more years? Job 5:7 says, "People are born for trouble as readily as sparks fly up from a fire." (NLT).
As I inch toward my 50th birthday, a milestone of sorts, I'm more aware of how fragile life really is and the importance of what we do for God in these fleeting moments. So, I'm learning to savor and release the best moments for yet even greater moments.
Nothing lasts forever.
Except our obedience to Him so that in the end we hear Him speak those words, "Well, done good and faithful servant."
Face to face.
Jesus understood how transient our days so He instructs, "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. (Matthew 6:19-20 NIV).
There are things that we can't keep in this life because they age and break apart. And certainly there are things we cannot take with us when we leave this life.
The one thing going with us to heaven is the lives we touched for Christ. And that soul is a treasured stored up for all time when we all gather around the throne.
Pray a little more each moment of the day. Ask for understanding while reading the Scriptures. It matters to mediate and store up truth. Like Joseph who stored up grain for seven years because he knew a great famine was coming.
And let's take the example of Joseph's father. It says, "By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff." (Hebrews 11:21).
He seized the fleeting moment to bless his family and to worship. Just as he took the moment some many years before to wrestle with an angel. His name was changed from Jacob to Israel.
A moment as we know today that changed an entire nation to follow.
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