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I was never particularly good at math, were you? I’m really thankful for calculators! But there’s a new math that I truly want to learn. It is the Bible math of learning to number my days rightly. David and Moses asked God to teach them that new math, and we need to pray for the same gift.
Numbering our days rightly means that we learn to see everything that happens in light of its meaning in eternity, where we will have numberless days. Whether we have five days left to live, or five thousand or more, they are fleeting and brief and very short compared to numberless days.
Yet what we do with our few numbered days will have a great impact on our numberless days. The Bible teaches us that every believer will stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ to give an account of how we’ve used the time and resources given to us during our numbered days. If we’ve been good stewards, we’ll receive rewards, crowns, and words of commendation from our Lord. If not, all our numbered days activities will go up in smoke, and the Bible says we will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.
Please read this passage from 2 Peter 3:
“But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. “Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.”
Numbering our days rightly produces holy and godly lives, and that kind of life is good for the Judgment Seat because it will not go up in smoke but will produce jewels and gold. But not only is it good for numberless days, living a holy and godly life is the best thing for us while we’re still in these numbered days.
Living “holy and godly” just means you are living in harmony with God’s plan for your life and that’s where we find meaning and joy and peace and contentment and freedom from fear and guilt. This new Bible math called numbering your days is the key to fulfillment here on earth as well as a beautiful experience when you stand at the Judgment Seat of Christ.
Want to learn this new math? Start praying that God will teach you. Remember to say to yourself many times each day: “What difference will this make at the Judgment Seat of Christ?” That’s how you can begin to number your days rightly.