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"MAKING THE MOST OF A SHORT LIFE" "So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." (Psalm 90:12)This Psalm is attributed to Moses and is considered to be one of the oldest. It laments of the brevity and trouble of the life of mankind. While a thousand years are as a day to God, the life of man is like a few hours in the night to Him. Our days are always before Him, and at His Word our lives are over.Moses attributes much of human beings' trouble is due to a lack of the fear of God. The solution to our lack of the fear of God is to learn how quickly man's life passes. If people knew how few days they have before they stand before the Lord to give an account of their lives, they would be in earnest to know how to wisely spend them. They would see which choices made were a waste of time and which ones would prepare them for eternity.Moses goes on to ask for God to establish the work of our hands. In other words, guide us to do things that are lasting. The things that are passing are not worth the few and precious days everyone has here on Earth.Ask elderly people how quickly life passes, and they will tell you that the days seem to speed up as we age. Ask them what they regret not having done and it is almost always something to do with eternal things. I know this to be true in my own life. I'm amazed how quickly the years have flown by. Sometimes when I sit and ponder that, why it seems like it was only days ago when my wife and I were raising up and running after our little children."Do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of." Instead of squandering our time, we need to be saving the time given us by redeeming it. Paul tells us in Ephesians 5:16, "Redeeming the time, because the days are evil." Again, in Colossians 4:5, we hear that same imprisoned man of God declaring, "Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time." When the Lord Jesus saved us, He redeemed us. Likewise, we should not be squandering or relaxing our time away, rather, we should be saving and redeeming the time that's allotted to us.I'm sure many of us have heard