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I’d like to enroll you in a very important math course that will change your life. It’s “new math” for most of us, because not many of us know how to do it. It’s called “Numbering Your Days.”
In Psalm 90 Moses prayed “Teach us to number our days aright. . .” I want to remind you of some theology that will help you learn this new math of numbering your days. It’s called the Judgment Seat of Christ. This is a judgment for believers, not unbelievers.
While it’s true that our works and effort do not gain us entrance into heaven, it is also true that we will be held accountable to God for how we’ve used the days and resources that have been entrusted to us while here on this earth. We will stand individually before Christ at this Judgment Seat and what we have done that has no eternal significance or benefit will be burned up. In 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 the Apostle Paul writes:
“For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man’s work. If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.”
What we have done that has eternal significance will come out like gold and diamonds and precious stones which cannot be harmed by fire. But we will suffer loss at that Judgment Seat if we’ve lived strictly for the here and now and never learned to number our days. We will suffer loss of rewards and I’m sure, like me, you don’t want to stand there with nothing to show for the numbered days you lived on earth.
Knowing about and remembering the Judgment Seat of Christ will teach you to number your days correctly. If you really want to learn how to number your days aright, read this passage from 1 Corinthians 3 every day this week. Then pray daily that God will teach you how to live in the awareness that your days are numbered and to help you live each day so that you have something of value to show for it at the Judgment Seat of Christ.