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Job, chapter 14, verse 2.

He comes out like a flower and withers.

He flees like a shadow and continues not.

Job is talking here about the brevity of life.

In a way that the Bible talks about how life is short at other places.

I think about James, your life is a mist it appears for a moment and then is gone that's what

Job is saying he comes out like a flower and withers he flees like a shadow and continues not. And then I think about

where Moses prays in Psalm chapter 90. Teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

So there's a relationship between wisdom and recognizing our days are numbered.

There's a clear exhortation from God in His Word to realize that our lives are short.

They're here for just a little while.

We're a vaper, a mist here for a moment, like a flower that withers like a shadow that flees.

And as a result I want to encourage you to think about your life today in light of its brevity.

Not one of us is guaranteed.

Tomorrow we're not guaranteed to make it through today.

And even if we live 80, 90, 100 years, that's still a mist in the grand scheme of things.

So what does it look like to make this mist of a life count?

What does it look like to make your life count today for what matters most in eternity?

If we're not careful we can get caught up and just kind of

of going through day-to-day life and not stop and realize what a gift the breath I have is God help me to make the most of it

while I have it which is not going to be for long.

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