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Our Days Are Numbered
Scott Miller • June 5, 2020
“Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne”
Hebrews 12:1-2
“If it is my time to go, then it is my time to go!” This is a phrase I have heard several times over the last six weeks. As we navigate this brief segment of history I’ve been considering the implications of some of these popular sound bites. The interweaving of God’s sovereignty on a micro and a macro level.
“When God is our Holy Father, sovereignty, holiness, omniscience, and immutability do not terrify us; they leave us full of awe and gratitude. Sovereignty is only tyrannical if it is unbounded by goodness; holiness is only terrifying if it is untempered by grace; omniscience is only taunting if it is unaccompanied by mercy; and immutability is only torturous if there is no guarantee of goodwill.”
- Ravi Zacharias
Being terrified by our circumstances can easily, and unexpectedly creep up on any of us. And yet, as I have spent more time in the word, more time in prayer, more time in meditation (wood working projects) I am filled with this unusual calm, observant awe, and genuine gratitude. As I work on a project for my wife’s birthday I have been thinking about this passage of scripture that I would like to encourage you to consider in your time of quarantine. His throne is eternal.
“For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’ For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Matthew 6:25-33