MAKE YOUR LIFE SUCCESSFUL!

'Counting the Days'

How can  you make your life a success and "reap everlasting life"?  Moses wrote:  "The days of our years are seventy years; and if because of special mightiness they are eighty years . . .It must quickly pass by, and away we fly."  (Psalm 90:10)  You may rarely, if ever, think about death.  In fact, many youths behave as if they were indestructible.  But Moses bring us face-to-face with the painful reality that life is short.  There is not even a guarantee that we will live to be 70 or 0.  "Time and  unforeseen occurrence" can cut down even those who are young  and healthy.  (Ecclesiastes 9:11) How, then, will you use the precious life that you now enjoy?  Moses prayed:  "Show us just how to count our days in such a way that we may bring a heart of wisdom in." -Psalm 90:12.

What does it mean to count  your days?  It does not mean that you should become obsessed with how long  you might live.  Moses was praying that Jehovah teach His people how to use their remaining days in a way that brings honor to Him.  Are  you counting the days of your life-viewing  each day as a precious resource to be used to bring praise to God?  The Bible gives young people this encouragement:  "Remove vexation from your heart, and ward off calamity from your fleshy; for youth and the prime of life are vanity.  Remember, now, your Grand Creator in the days of your young manhood."  (Ecclesiastes 11:10-12:1)  Remember our Creator means more than just not forgetting that he exists.  When the criminal implored Jesus,  "Remember me when  you get into your kingdom," he wanted  Jesus to do more than recall his name.  He wanted Jesus to act, to resurrect him!  (Luke 23:42; compare Genesis 40:14, 23; Job 14:13) In a similar way, to remember Jehovah involves action, doing what pleases him.  Can it be said that you are remembering Jehovah?

Next time:  Avoid Envying Wrongdoers

Watchtower, 1999