Have you ever noticed as people are living their last days, the trivial things wash away, and their gaze becomes crystal clear? What would I change if I could refocus my perspective and live like my days are numbered?
The overflow of my heart often sets the tempo and feel of our home. What if I counted the days that I had with the people I love? What if I pictured the days more literally? What if I lived like these days are numbered?
When I look at our kids, the days are fleeting when they will take what I say to be true. What do I want to pour in? What does God want our kids to know? What if rather than worrying about their behavior in public, I put my efforts into the hidden health of their souls? Into the truths God wants them to grasp and hold because my words will become the whispers that run through their minds.
When my son looks at his wife, what do I want him to know about being a man, leading his family, and tending to her heart? When he walks into his office, how will he care for the people there? What will he think as he greets them each morning?
The words we speak into these kids have to be more than silly melodies. Let’s pour in like these days are numbered.
How would I love my husband? How would I greet him when he walks in the door? What words would I speak into him? What would I pray for him? What if I loved him so tenderly that I could stand by his headstone and know that I loved him the best I could?
What if I lived like I had a specific number of days to get to know my God? I would plead to know Him. I would seek to be aware of Him. I would live in a way that when my days were done, I would know my God well enough that my instinct would be to run into His arms like a child to her father.
God gave Noah a specific design to build a boat, and lead his family in a way that at God’s command they would all get in it. Just as Noah’s direction was to build an ark to ultimately save mankind, God has specific instructions for my life and yours. If we believed this, we would ask, and we would wake every day seeking the plan and following it precisely.
God knows your days are numbered, and He knows the best plan for your life. He sees it from beginning to end. Our God will instruct you on how to live your days because He loves you. All you have to do is ask. If you feel like He is quiet, ask again. Ask again, and again, and again. He will answer through nudges and coincidences, through a verse, or words spoken by a friend; sometimes through the still small whisper to your soul. When He does, do what He says, exactly, every day, over and over.
Build the ark God has waiting for you, a day at a time, every single day. Live like your days are numbered.
