From Everlasting to Everlasting

During the pandemic, when we finally began to attend church again, Pastor James preached on Psalm 90. In that sermon, he said, “In an ocean of confusion, there is a fixed rock.”

Verse 2 of Psalm 90 captures that perfectly. “Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.” He is always there, never changing.

There is something precious about God’s promised forever presence, especially during hard times like COVID. I caught the virus, and my husband had to stay clear to keep from catching it. Resting and sleeping were how I spent those days and nights.

God is a fixed refuge in a world full of change and trouble. We aren’t fixed.  We die. Life is transient because of sin and the Fall, see Genesis 3.

If we’re God’s children through faith in Jesus, what should we do with the relatively short life we are given? Let’s use our time rightly and well, Psalm 90:12. When we are struggling, seek God’s mercy and grace, verse 13. Ask God to satisfy you every day with his unfailing love, verse 14. Do God’s work–time is short, verse 16-17.

This week let’s remind ourselves to keep focused on the work God has for us, asking Him to show us what He wants us to do in this short time we have. He will establish the work of our hands, verse 17.