Teach Us

“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.”
(Psalm 90:12)

He is a wise man who knows his life on earth is short. He is wiser still if he applies his heart unto wisdom and uses his time wisely. The Bible says, “Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.” (Proverbs 27:1)

The request in our text is that God would teach us to number our days. God answers the request throughout His written word.

We are reminded over and over in His word of the brevity of life. He tells us how we are to live. He tells husbands and wives how to get along. Life is too short to spend it quarreling. He tells us how to rear our children so that they will be productive adults one day. He tells us of the choice of two ways and the destination at the end of each way. He tells us of the Christians’ daily walk, of how to live by faith, trusting Him.