Is time with Jesus a priority on my schedule each day?

In this Psalm, I am reminded of just how brief our life truly is. My father died two months shy of his 80th birthday. That was almost nine years ago, and it still seems like yesterday. What he left behind was not much to show for 63 years of labor, toil, and life.

And I am concerned that I have not yet fully learned that lesson of numbering my days so that I may grow in wisdom every day.

My ultimate goal each day is to love God and love people, but my calendar does not always support that goal. If I were put on trial for spending too much time with Jesus, would there be enough evidence to convict me?

Do I have a holy fear of God? Do I understand His wrath and fury, not toward me, whom He has saved, but toward the things of this world that separate me from Him? Do you?

Is my heart changing toward Him because of time in His Word?

Is my soul on fire with praise when I engage my Savior in prayerful dialogue?

Is my strength growing as I give to those in need and fast in holiness?

Is my mind being renewed daily through all of the above?

Or am I just drifting through life, content to simply be “one of the kids”?

If I truly love Jesus, I will ask myself these questions regularly, with a humble heart and a contrite spirit.

Lord, teach me to number my days so that I may present to You a heart of wisdom. Amen.