"Days Ordained"

David penned these words in Psa. 139, "...and in Thy book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them." The greatness of God is to realize He has written in His book the days we will live. So many do not realize this. David said it was so.

The unbelieving world does not take God at His word. Just listen how many think that exercise and eating right will extend our years. God's word tells us, "For bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also the life to come." (I Tim. 4:8) Eating right and exercise may make our years enjoyable, keeping our health up, but it is not extending our years. Those are written in God's book, before they existed. That's why godliness is so important because godliness holds us to the promise of our future in this life and the life to come.

When you pillow your head tonight, what if the days that were ordained you is tonight? We need to put some serious thought into that and learn to live each and every day like it is our last. That means never let the sun go down on your wrath (Eph. 4:26). How would you like that if your last day ordained was spent in anger at someone or your mate? We need to spend our lives living for the Lord, practicing godliness and when the days ordained me come about, what a bliss that will await us. If our loved one is taken, there will be no regrets because we lived each moment in relationship to Jesus.