14 June 2016; Psalm 90

14 June 2016

Psalm 90
From everlasting to everlasting you are God.

For us who are man, our life here is limited.

Live a life for the purpose of God's calling.

The cell group watch the movie War room. I did not and did not managed to find a time to watch.
But on the plane to Sheffield, I am surprise to find this Christian theme movie on Turkish Airlines.

It is a about prayers. The battle we had is not against the people, the matters that disappoint us or failed us. I did not even fight the battle in prayers and leave the result to God.

I need to lead the family, to take back the authority and proclaim that Christ is the Lord of my household.

The things on earth will pass away, seventy and eighty years. So what do I want for the family? A family in Christ and for Christ, that the knowledge for God continues.

It starts with me, it starts with prayers.

If life is transient, when did the Psalm 90 says that God

Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands! (Psalm 90:17 ESV)

What then is our work that should be established?
Our life and labor in God has eternal consequences.
Our labor is not in vain.

Let us be found faithful. Not in the sight of man because that do not last. It must then be in the sight of God. We do not serve for the applause of man but for the approval of God. We must be found faithful in the books of God, in the economy of God and in the sight of God. For example, in the sight of God, we have finish well that we have finished all the things God has assigned us to do.

The key to finishing well is repentance. There is not one who will not fall. Then do we know how to stand in the grace of God, but be able to get up and stand in the grace of God. to rise up again and again and again. Repentance is about turning around with the intention to do so.

To engage the will of God in our lives. Beside knowing the will of God, but to do. To not only to pursue but to prefer. Rom 12. To do good and acceptable things that is according to the will of God.
Seek God and his agenda that God has for this family.

We must have the wisdom beyond our own. Psalm 90: 12
So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. (Psalm 90:12 ESV)

How to invest this short life in the wisdom of God. Wisdom is about knowing the word of God through the scriptures.

We must have the strength beyond our own. The strength comes from our prayers. When we work, we work. When we pray, God pray.