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MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
THE MATHEMATICS OF YEAR NUMBERING - Heart of Wisdom Series 002
READ Psalm 90:1-12
Psalm 90:12, ESV
"So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom."
Why many don't get or receive a heart of wisdom is simply simple. They neglect the mathematics of their years. One way or the other, all of us are involved in numbering somewhere so that we may get a heart of wisdom in that same area. For example, consider a fellow who receives #500,000 every month after the deduction of his tax. For him to put this money to effective use and leverage on same till another comes next month, he must first recon with how much he was paid. He can't budget on #1,000,000 when he was paid #500,000. This is the beginning of his having a heart of wisdom. Do you already recon you also don't have eternity on earth? Having known that, he'll draw a budget on that money. As he removes money for this and that, he'll come to the realization of being left with little and little. If he doesn't number how much is left and goes on spending unbridled as if the money were still the whole #500,000 he was earlier paid, he'll come to poverty before month's end. So as not to come to poverty, he must then bring in the calculation and mathematics of, "how much do I have left in my account?" If not, he might order a thing he doesn't have money to pay for again. You know that can't but be trouble. Relating with this example will make it easier for you understanding that verse that says, "teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts to wisdom." A begat B. If you number how much years you've spent and set how much you may have left, you can't but learn how to live your life anew, purposefully and responsibly. It is he who has a spare tyre that drives roughly. If you know your status, you'll be tempered and live in that revelation. It means without learning the numbering of your years and having information at hand on where you stand, you can never gain a heart of wisdom. Lack of numbering of what is left is what is putting people in trouble. That's why they live like a new born baby who still have all years ahead him.
Let's say here is Mr A. He knows he'll spend 103 years on earth. If he celebrated his 50th birthday for instance this year, he ought know that the years he has left isn't increasing but rather diminishing. He is now left with 53 years. He should then measure himself. How much of purpose has he lived out? How many people could say he is a gift to humanity? What could he himself claim to have lived for? What legacy will he leave behind? Has he satisfied God even if he's not popular or had never been on the TV? If his conscience doesn't judge him wrong and God witnesses of his being a beloved son, he has lived well. If after these checkups, the report isn't satisfactory, it means he has 53 years left to make impact on earth and live out the coding left in his soul from birth which may manifest as calling, gift or passion etc. If we'll be true, we should justify his having 30 years left. This is because at old age, it is only little anyone could do. Depreciation sets in as we age. Even before death arrives, old age can retire anyone. That's why the time any could count on is his youthful years. Teens and youths should hear and gain a heart of wisdom now. I mean those who still have much years to cash out. Number your years because your race is against time. You don't have all day. As you live, you near the grave. As you near the grave and it seems your departure is at end, you must be settled that you have been a good manager of your lifetime, calling, gifts etc given you and has done God's will and achieved by same on earth. Today is the day of mathematics of number. Number your own years and gain the new hows by which you should live your life by.
PRAYER: Lord, may I gain a heart of wisdom by discovering my status of years at hand and ones already spent.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: 1 Samuel 26:1-28:25, John 11:1-54, Psalm 117:1-2, Proverbs 15:22-23
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