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1 και-C ουτος- D--NPN ο- A--NPN προσταγμα-N3M-NPN και-C ο- A--NPF κρισις-N3I-NPF ος- --APF φυλασσω-VF--FAI2P ο- A--GSN ποιεω-V2--PAN επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF ος- --GSF κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--GPM πατηρ-N3--GPM συ- P--GP διδωμι-V8--PAI3S συ- P--DP εν-P κληρος-N2--DSM πας-A1S-APF ο- A--APF ημερα-N1A-APF ος- --APF συ- P--NP ζαω-V3--PAI2P επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF

2 απωλεια-N1A-DSF αποολλυω-VF2-FAI2P πας-A3--APM ο- A--APM τοπος-N2--APM εν-P ος- --DPM λατρευω-VAI-AAI3P εκει-D ο- A--DPM θεος-N2--DPM αυτος- D--GPM ος- --APM συ- P--NP κληρονομεω-V2--PAI2P αυτος- D--APM επι-P ο- A--GPN ορος-N3E-GPN ο- A--GPN υψηλος-A1--GPN και-C επι-P ο- A--GPM θις-N3--GPM και-C υποκατω-P δενδρον-N2N-GSN δασυς-A3U-GSN

3 και-C κατασκαπτω-VF--FAI2P ο- A--APM βωμος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GPM και-C συντριβω-VF--FAI2P ο- A--APF στηλη-N1--APF αυτος- D--GPM και-C ο- A--APN αλσος-N3E-APN αυτος- D--GPM εκκοπτω-VF--FAI2P και-C ο- A--APN γλυπτος-A1--APN ο- A--GPM θεος-N2--GPM αυτος- D--GPM κατακαιω-VF--FAI2P πυρ-N3--DSN και-C αποολλυω-VF2-FMI3S ο- A--NSN ονομα-N3M-NSN αυτος- D--GPM εκ-P ο- A--GSM τοπος-N2--GSM εκεινος- D--GSM

4 ου-D ποιεω-VF--FAI2P ουτως-D κυριος-N2--DSM ο- A--DSM θεος-N2--DSM συ- P--GP

5 αλλα-C η-C εις-P ο- A--ASM τοπος-N2--ASM ος- --ASM αν-X εκλεγω-VA--AMS3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM συ- P--GP εν-P εις-A1A-DSF ο- A--GPF φυλη-N1--GPF συ- P--GP επιονομαζω-VA--AAN ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN αυτος- D--GSM εκει-D επικαλεω-VC--APN και-C εκζητεω-VF--FAI2P και-C ειςερχομαι-VF--FMI2P εκει-D

6 και-C φερω-VF--FAI2P εκει-D ο- A--APN ολοκαυτωμα-N3M-APN συ- P--GP και-C ο- A--APN θυσιασμα-N3M-APN συ- P--GP και-C ο- A--APF απαρχη-N1--APF συ- P--GP και-C ο- A--APF ευχη-N1--APF συ- P--GP και-C ο- A--APN εκουσιος-A1A-APN συ- P--GP και-C ο- A--APN πρωτοτοκος-A1B-APN ο- A--GPM βους-N3--GPM συ- P--GP και-C ο- A--GPN προβατον-N2N-GPN συ- P--GP

7 και-C εσθιω-VF--FMI2P εκει-D εναντιον-P κυριος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM συ- P--GP και-C ευφραινω-VC--FPI2P επι-P πας-A3--DPN ου-D αν-X ο- A--ASF χειρ-N3--ASF επιβαλλω-VB--AAS2P συ- P--NP και-C ο- A--NPM οικος-N2--NPM συ- P--GP καθοτι-D ευλογεω-VA--AAI3S συ- P--AS κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM συ- P--GS

8 ου-D ποιεω-VF--FAI2P πας-A3--APN ος- --APN εγω- P--NP ποιεω-V2--PAI1P ωδε-D σημερον-D εκαστος-A1--NSM ο- A--ASN αρεστος-A1--ASN ενωπιον-P αυτος- D--GSM

9 ου-D γαρ-X ηκω-V1--PAI2P εως-P ο- A--GSN νυν-D εις-P ο- A--ASF καταπαυσις-N3I-ASF και-C εις-P ο- A--ASF κληρονομια-N1A-ASF ος- --ASF κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM συ- P--GP διδωμι-V8--PAI3S συ- P--DP

10 και-C διαβαινω-VF--FMI2P ο- A--ASM *ιορδανης-N1M-ASM και-C κατοικεω-VF--FAI2P επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF ος- --GSF κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM συ- P--GP κατακληρονομεω-V2--PAI3S συ- P--DP και-C καταπαυω-VF--FAI3S συ- P--AP απο-P πας-A3--GPM ο- A--GPM εχθρος-N2--GPM συ- P--GP ο- A--GPM κυκλος-N2--DSM και-C κατοικεω-VF--FAI2P μετα-P ασφαλεια-N1A-GSF

11 και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--NSM τοπος-N2--NSM ος- --ASM αν-X εκλεγω-VA--AMS3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM συ- P--GP επικαλεω-VC--APN ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN αυτος- D--GSM εκει-D εκει-D φερω-VF--FAI2P πας-A3--APN οσος-A1--APN εγω- P--NS εντελλομαι-V1--PMI1S συ- P--DP σημερον-D ο- A--APN ολοκαυτωμα-N3M-APN συ- P--GP και-C ο- A--APN θυσιασμα-N3M-APN συ- P--GP και-C ο- A--APN επιδεκατος-A1--APN συ- P--GP και-C ο- A--APF απαρχη-N1--APF ο- A--GPF χειρ-N3--GPF συ- P--GP και-C ο- A--APN δομα-N3M-APN συ- P--GP και-C πας-A3--ASM εκλεκτος-A1--ASM ο- A--GPN δωρον-N2N-GPN συ- P--GP οσος-A1--APN εαν-C ευχομαι-VA--AMS2P ο- A--DSM θεος-N2--DSM συ- P--GP

12 και-C ευφραινω-VC--FPI2P εναντιον-P κυριος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM συ- P--GP συ- P--NP και-C ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM συ- P--GP και-C ο- A--NPF θυγατηρ-N3--NPF συ- P--GP ο- A--NPM παις-N3D-NPM συ- P--GP και-C ο- A--NPF παιδισκη-N1--NPF συ- P--GP και-C ο- A--NSM *λευιτης-N1M-NSM ο- A--NSM επι-P ο- A--GPF πυλη-N1--GPF συ- P--GP οτι-C ου-D ειμι-V9--PAI3S αυτος- D--DSM μερις-N3D-NSF ουδε-C κληρος-N2--NSM μετα-P συ- P--GP

13 προςεχω-V1--PAD2S σεαυτου- D--DSM μη-D αναφερω-VA--AAS2S ο- A--APN ολοκαυτωμα-N3M-APN συ- P--GS εν-P πας-A3--DSM τοπος-N2--DSM ου-D εαν-C οραω-VB--AAS2S

14 αλλα-C η-C εις-P ο- A--ASM τοπος-N2--ASM ος- --ASM αν-X εκλεγω-VA--AMS3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM συ- P--GS αυτος- D--ASM εν-P εις-A1A-DSF ο- A--GPF φυλη-N1--GPF συ- P--GS εκει-D αναφερω-VF--FAI2S ο- A--APN ολοκαυτωμα-N3M-APN συ- P--GS και-C εκει-D ποιεω-VF--FAI2S πας-A3--APN οσος-A1--APN εγω- P--NS εντελλομαι-V1--PMI1S συ- P--DS σημερον-D

15 αλλα-C η-C εν-P πας-A1S-DSF επιθυμια-N1A-DSF συ- P--GS θυω-VF--FAI2S και-C εσθιω-VF--FMI2S κρεας-N3--APN κατα-P ο- A--ASF ευλογια-N1A-ASF κυριος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM συ- P--GS ος- --ASF διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S συ- P--DS εν-P πας-A1S-DSF πολις-N3I-DSF ο- A--NSM ακαθαρτος-A1B-NSM εν-P συ- P--DS και-C ο- A--NSM καθαρος-A1A-NSM επι-P ο- A--ASN αυτος- D--ASN εσθιω-VF--FMI3S αυτος- D--ASN ως-C δορκας-N3D-ASF η-C ελαφος-N2--ASM

16 πλην-D ο- A--ASN αιμα-N3M-ASN ου-D εσθιω-VF--FMI2P επι-P ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF εκχεω-VF2-FAI2P αυτος- D--ASN ως-C υδωρ-N3--NSN

17 ου-D δυναμαι-VF--FMI2S εσθιω-VB--AAN εν-P ο- A--DPF πολις-N3I-DPF συ- P--GS ο- A--ASN επιδεκατος-A1--ASN ο- A--GSM σιτος-N2--GSM συ- P--GS και-C ο- A--GSM οινος-N2--GSM συ- P--GS και-C ο- A--GSN ελαιον-N2N-GSN συ- P--GS ο- A--APN πρωτοτοκος-A1B-APN ο- A--GPM βους-N3--GPM συ- P--GS και-C ο- A--GPN προβατον-N2N-GPN συ- P--GS και-C πας-A1S-APF ευχη-N1--APF οσος-A1--APF αν-X ευχομαι-VA--AMS2P και-C ο- A--APF ομολογια-N1A-APF συ- P--GP και-C ο- A--APF απαρχη-N1--APF ο- A--GPF χειρ-N3--GPF συ- P--GP

18 αλλα-C η-C εναντιον-P κυριος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM συ- P--GS εσθιω-VF--FMI2S αυτος- D--APN εν-P ο- A--DSM τοπος-N2--DSM ος- --DSM αν-X εκλεγω-VA--AMS3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM συ- P--GS αυτος- D--DSM συ- P--NS και-C ο- A--NSM υιος-N2--NSM συ- P--GS και-C ο- A--NSF θυγατηρ-N3--NSF συ- P--GS ο- A--NSM παις-N3D-NSM συ- P--GS και-C ο- A--NSF παιδισκη-N1--NSF συ- P--GS και-C ο- A--NSM προσηλυτος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM εν-P ο- A--DPF πολις-N3I-DPF συ- P--GP και-C ευφραινω-VC--FPI2S εναντιον-P κυριος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM συ- P--GS επι-P πας-A3--APN ου-D αν-X επιβαλλω-VB--AAS2S ο- A--ASF χειρ-N3--ASF συ- P--GS

19 προςεχω-V1--PAD2S σεαυτου- D--DSM μη-D εν καταλειπω-VB--AAS2S ο- A--ASM *λευιτης-N1M-ASM πας-A3--ASM ο- A--ASM χρονος-N2--ASM οσος-A1--ASM εαν-C ζαω-V3--PAS2S επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF

20 εαν-C δε-X ενπλατυνω-V1--PAS3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM συ- P--GS ο- A--APN οριον-N2N-APN συ- P--GS καθαπερ-D λαλεω-VAI-AAI3S συ- P--DS και-C ειπον-VF2-FAI2S εσθιω-VF--FMI1S κρεας-N3--APN εαν-C επιθυμεω-VA--AAS3S ο- A--NSF ψυχη-N1--NSF συ- P--GS ωστε-C εσθιω-VB--AAN κρεας-N3--APN εν-P πας-A1S-DSF επιθυμια-N1A-DSF ο- A--GSF ψυχη-N1--GSF συ- P--GS εσθιω-VF--FMI2S κρεας-N3--APN

21 εαν-C δε-X μακροτερον-D αποεχω-V1--PAS3S συ- P--GS ο- A--NSM τοπος-N2--NSM ος- --ASM αν-X εκλεγω-VA--AMS3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM συ- P--GS επικαλεω-VC--APN ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN αυτος- D--GSM εκει-D και-C θυω-VF--FAI2S απο-P ο- A--GPM βους-N3--GPM συ- P--GS και-C απο-P ο- A--GPN προβατον-N2N-GPN συ- P--GS ος- --GPN αν-X διδωμι-VO--AAS3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM συ- P--DS ος- --ASM τροπος-N2--ASM εντελλομαι-VAI-AMI1S συ- P--DS και-C εσθιω-VF--FMI2S εν-P ο- A--DPF πολις-N3I-DPF συ- P--GS κατα-P ο- A--ASF επιθυμια-N1A-ASF ο- A--GSF ψυχη-N1--GSF συ- P--GS

22 ως-C εσθιω-V1--PPI3S ο- A--NSF δορκας-N3D-NSF και-C ο- A--NSF ελαφος-N2--NSF ουτως-D εσθιω-VF--FMI2S αυτος- D--ASN ο- A--NSM ακαθαρτος-A1B-NSM εν-P συ- P--DS και-C ο- A--NSM καθαρος-A1A-NSM ωσαυτως-D εσθιω-VF--FMI3S

23 προςεχω-V1--PAD2S ισχυρως-D ο- A--GSN μη-D εσθιω-VB--AAN αιμα-N3M-ASN οτι-C ο- A--NSN αιμα-N3M-NSN αυτος- D--GSM ψυχη-N1--NSF ου-D βιβρωσκω-VC--FPI3S ο- A--NSF ψυχη-N1--NSF μετα-P ο- A--GPN κρεας-N3--GPN

24 ου-D εσθιω-VF--FMI2P επι-P ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF εκχεω-VF2-FAI2P αυτος- D--ASN ως-C υδωρ-N3--NSN

25 ου-D εσθιω-VF--FMI2S αυτος- D--ASN ινα-C ευ-D συ- P--DS γιγνομαι-VB--AMS3S και-C ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM συ- P--GS μετα-P συ- P--AS εαν-C ποιεω-VA--AAS2S ο- A--ASN καλος-A1--ASN και-C ο- A--ASN αρεστος-A1--ASN εναντιον-P κυριος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM συ- P--GS

26 πλην-D ο- A--APN αγιος-A1A-APN συ- P--GS εαν-C γιγνομαι-VB--AMS3S συ- P--DS και-C ο- A--APF ευχη-N1--APF συ- P--GS λαμβανω-VB--AAPNSM ηκω-VF--FAI2S εις-P ο- A--ASM τοπος-N2--ASM ος- --ASM αν-X εκλεγω-VA--AMS3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM συ- P--GS επικαλεω-VC--APN ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN αυτος- D--GSM εκει-D

27 και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI2S ο- A--APN ολοκαυτωμα-N3M-APN συ- P--GS ο- A--APN κρεας-N3--APN αναφερω-VF--FAI2S επι-P ο- A--ASN θυσιαστηριον-N2N-ASN κυριος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM συ- P--GS ο- A--ASN δε-X αιμα-N3M-ASN ο- A--GPF θυσια-N1A-GPF συ- P--GS προςχεω-VF2-FAI2S προς-P ο- A--ASF βασις-N3I-ASF ο- A--GSN θυσιαστηριον-N2N-GSN κυριος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM συ- P--GS ο- A--APN δε-X κρεας-N3--APN εσθιω-VF--FMI2S

28 φυλασσω-V1--PMD2S και-C ακουω-V1--PAD2S και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI2S πας-A3--APM ο- A--APM λογος-N2--APM ος- --APM εγω- P--NS εντελλομαι-V1--PMI1S συ- P--DS ινα-C ευ-D συ- P--DS γιγνομαι-VB--AMS3S και-C ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM συ- P--GS δια-P αιων-N3W-GSM εαν-C ποιεω-VA--AAS2S ο- A--ASN καλος-A1--ASN και-C ο- A--ASN αρεστος-A1--ASN εναντιον-P κυριος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM συ- P--GS

29 εαν-C δε-X εκολεθρευω-VA--AAS3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM συ- P--GS ο- A--APN εθνος-N3E-APN εις-P ος- --APM συ- P--NS ειςπορευομαι-V1--PMI2S εκει-D κληρονομεω-VA--AAN ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF αυτος- D--GPM απο-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN συ- P--GS και-C κατακληρονομεω-VA--AAS2S αυτος- D--APM και-C καταοικεω-VA--AAS2S εν-P ο- A--DSF γη-N1--DSF αυτος- D--GPM

30 προςεχω-V1--PAD2S σεαυτου- D--DSM μη-D εκζητεω-VA--AAS2S επιακολουθεω-VA--AAN αυτος- D--DPM μετα-P ο- A--ASN εκολεθρευω-VC--APN αυτος- D--APM απο-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN συ- P--GS ου-D μη-D εκζητεω-VA--AAS2S ο- A--APM θεος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GPM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM πως-D ποιεω-V2--PAI3P ο- A--NPN εθνος-N3E-NPN ουτος- D--NPN ο- A--DPM θεος-N2--DPM αυτος- D--GPM ποιεω-VF--FAI1S καιεγω-C+ PNS

31 ου-D ποιεω-VF--FAI2S ουτως-D κυριος-N2--DSM ο- A--DSM θεος-N2--DSM συ- P--GS ο- A--APN γαρ-X βδελυγμα-N3M-APN ος- --APN κυριος-N2--NSM μισεω-VAI-AAI3S ποιεω-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--DPM θεος-N2--DPM αυτος- D--GPM οτι-C ο- A--APM υιος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GPM και-C ο- A--APF θυγατηρ-N3--APF αυτος- D--GPM κατακαιω-V1--PAI3P εν-P πυρ-N3--DSN ο- A--DPM θεος-N2--DPM αυτος- D--GPM

   

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The Length of a Person's Life

Napsal(a) Bill Woofenden

This explanation was first giving as a sermon following the new year.

“The days of our years are threescore years and ten: and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.” Psalm 90:10

We are at the threshold of a new year. What it holds for us we cannot know. But we can look back upon the year that is passed, and see the Lord’s goodness to us.

World cooperation is a slogan of the day. More and more we are coming to realize that the day of isolation is passed and that what happens in the world at large affects us as individuals, and affects the future. We do not live to ourselves alone. In this larger field also we can look back and see the loving providence of the Lord, leading nations out of sorrows and conflicts, and causing them to hope for better thing to come.

If we can see that “underneath are the everlasting arms” (Deuteronomy 33:27), leading men by the way that the Lord alone knows to be best, and if we have been brought to a deeper trust in Him, the year that is closing could have brought no greater blessing.

The Psalm from which our text is taken sets before us in a most striking way the weakness of man, the shortness of his life, in relation to the infinite power and eternity of the Lord. Man is like “the grass which groweth up. In the morning in flourisheth and groweth up: in the evening it is cut down and withereth.” “The days of our years are threescore years and ten,” but God “is from everlasting to everlasting.” In His sight, a thousand years are but as a watch in the night. He is the one source of life to the entire universe. Whatever life we have is His gift to us, and not our own.

“So,” the Psalmist writes, “teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.”

There is always an impressiveness in the passing of the years. They slip by with such swiftness, each one seeming shorter than the last. It is not for the purpose of casting a shadow over life that this Psalm was give. It is not to make us look forward with dread that we are told that the gates to the eternal world are near. The message is for the happiness of childhood, for the enthusiasm of youth, and for the enjoyment of our labors in the world. It is to help us to regard and to love natural things in their relation to higher things. To see them so is not to rob them of their charm, but to fill them with deeper purpose and greater happiness.

The Psalm is a prayer, a prayer that the Lord will teach us to number our days, that we may see their relation to spiritual life, that we may not be misled by our own shortsighted view, and that we may learn the true relation between this life and heaven from Him Who created us for heaven, to Whom there is no yesterday and tomorrow. From the Divine point of view the few days of earthly life are nothing if they do not prepare for the eternal life in the heavens.

The prayer “teach us to number our days” does not mean that we should realize how short our life here is compared with the infinite Divine life, but is a petition to the Lord asking Him to enlighten us to see the nature and quality of the states through which we are passing, so that we may use them wisely and live as He would have us live, that we may attain the true measure of adulthood. It is this that is spiritually meant when we pray, “So teach us to number our days.”

Our text reads, “The days of our years are threescore years and ten.” From this Scripture seventy years has come to be regarded as the natural span of life, and when one has passed the seventieth year, we say that he is living on borrowed time. But this is not the spiritual meaning of the text. It really tells of a week of labor in which heavenly states are laid up culminating is a Sabbath of rest. It calls to mind the seven days of creation by which a heavenly spirit is built up within us till life’s work is ended in victory over evil, and the soul enters into rest from temptations.

This is the meaning of the seventy years as the measure of person’s life. Our life here, whether long or short, is still seventy years if we are faithful in learning and keeping the Commandments. The promise, “Your days shall be long,” is not necessarily a promise of many earthly years, but of years few or many filled with the life of heaven. “Your days shall be multiplied, and the days of your children, as the days of heaven upon the earth” (Deuteronomy 11:21).

For some the hours of labor are long, and the burden of the day heavy; for others life seems easier; but however long or short, hard or easy our years, they are the way which the Lord sees best for us to the eternal peace of heaven.

There is only one thing that blasts life and makes it really too short: that is sin, absorption in self. That alone destroys its happiness and usefulness, and makes it of short measure.

Whether the years are seven or seventy, life may be full. The Lord’s life on earth was thirty-four years. It was not cut off in its prime. He left no work undone; He said of His work, “It is finished” (John 19bb30 ). His earthly life was full and complete. He had overcome the world, and could say, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you” (John 14:27).

Earthly life is short only if its opportunities are neglected. The days of every faithful life are seventy years. The preparation for one may be short in calendar years; another’s preparation may include the labor and burden of many years. Still to each there is nothing lacking necessary to the attainment of heaven, for the Lord knows what is best for each. Everyone is given the means to the attainment of heavenly life.

This thought is expressed in the Psalm, for it adds, “and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow.” Each extension of life, while it brings its blessings, brings also its temptations, its labor and sorrow, and in seventy or eighty years we are no nearer heaven than in seven or eight, unless the tasks which long life brings are faithfully borne. However great our strength of mind and body, we are not so near to heaven as the little child unless we meet faithfully the responsibilities which such strength brings.

There are temptations which come with every year of life, with every gift of ability, with every gain of worldly wealth or position. These are the burden and heat of the day that are meant by the eighty years to which the life of some extends, bringing apparent strength, but accompanying temptation and trial.

This psalm teaches us how each life can be full, how we can number our days. It enables us to see that if opportunities are used, every life is long and leads to the peace of heaven. It teaches us that though some lives seem specially favored in years, in strength, in worldly possessions, yet the Lord’s ways are just and equal. The adult’s way to heaven is through labor, the child’s through innocence.

Whatever length of days is given us, it is that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Life is too short to be wasted in anxiety and worry. It is too short for envy and revengeful thoughts. It is too short to be wasted in unkindness, or in striving for that bread which satisfieth not. When we see and seek to realize the Lord’s purposes for us, we are applying our hearts unto wisdom. We cannot know the future, nor should we desire to know it. But we are told how we can make our way prosperous during the year that we are about to enter, and during every year. It is by reading the Word, and taking heed to do according to what is written therein.

The Lord says, “I am the vine, ye are the branches” (John 15:5). So close is He to us, vitally connected to us as the vine to its branches. The purpose of the vine is that the branches shall bear fruit. And if we realize that we can do nothing without Him, we shall realize also that He needs us. This will give a new dignity and meaning to life.

In the new year that is about to dawn let us look to the Lord, in full confidence that He rules all things, that our individual souls and the whole world are in His hands. And as we put our trust in Him and seek to do His will, He will give us that true peace and quietness of soul which the world cannot give, and which the world cannot take away.

Additional readings: Joshua 1, John 14:1-17

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