May 4: Moments for Eternity

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So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Psalm 90:1212So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. (Psalm 90:12)
SA 90:12{It is not so often a whole sermon as a single short sentence in it, that wings God's arrow to a heart. It is seldom a whole conversation that is the means of bringing about the desired result, but some sudden turn of thought or word, which comes with the electric touch of God's power. Sometimes it is less than that; only a look (and what is more momentary?) has been used by Him for the pulling down of strongholds. Again, in our own quiet waiting upon God, as moment after moment glides past in the silence at His feet, the eye resting upon a page of His Word, or only looking up to Him through the darkness, have we not found that He can so irradiate one passing moment with His light that its rays never die away, but shine on and on through days and years? Are not such moments proved to have been kept for Him? And if some, why not all? This view of moments seems to make it clearer that it is impossible to serve two masters, for it is evident that the service of a moment cannot be divided. If it is occupied in the service of self, or any other master, it is not at the Lord's disposal; He cannot make use of what is already occupied.
The weary waiting times are but the muffled peals
Low preluding celestial chimes, that hail His chariot-wheels.
Trust Him to tune Thy voice to blend with seraphim;
His "Wait" shall issue in "Rejoice"! Wait patiently for Him.