Confession

In His Name Devotionals
A CONFESSION

“Lord, make me to know my end, And what is the measure of my days, That I may know how frail I am.” (Psalm 39:4)

Reading this every day provides a reminder to give thanks to the Father that He is in charge and not this frail, earthly human, who sometimes tries to carry too much on his/her shoulders and falters along the way.

The idea from this scripture seems to denote that we know not how long we will live on this earth, which is to God “...as handbreadths…” and our age is “…as nothing before…” God (Psalm 39:5).

There is no time to waste in doing service toward God within His kingdom, because we do not know how much time is allotted us to be of service to Him. We must prepare to reap salvation and to bear good fruit along the short span of life that we have been afforded (which is as a vapor in the wind). We must confess Christ daily as our Savior and our strength, through our trials.

Incidentally, Psalm 39:4 is taped on my refrigerator door at eye level, and in large print so I can't help but be reminded to read it daily.

There are others there also. One is, “Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth” (Colossians 3:2).

I try to remember that even though I may be frail, physically, I can be filled with the Holy Spirit so that “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me” (Philippians 4:13).