How Can We Make Our Days Count Before Jehovah?

"Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes.  No reward is offered, for they are gone forever!!" - Lydia H. Sigourney  author (1791-1865).

THE days of our life seem few and fleeting.  The psalmist David pondered the brevity of life and was moved to pray:  "Cause me, O Jehovah, to know my end, and the measure of my days-what it is, that I may know how transient I am.  Look! You have made my days just a few; and my life's duration is as nothing in front of you."  David's concern was to live in such a way as to please God, both by his speech and by his actions.  Voicing his dependence on God, he said:  "My expectation is toward you."  (Psalm 39:4, 5, 7)  Jehovah listened.  He did indeed measure David's activities and reward him accordingly. 

It is easy to be busy every minute of the day and to be swept along in a life that is fast-paced and full of activities.  This could arouse in us an anxious concern, especially with so much to do and to experience and so little time to do it.  Is our concern  the same as that of David- to live our life so as to have God's  approval?  To be sure, Jehovah does observe and carefully examine each of us, Job a man who feared God, acknowledged some 3,600 years ago that Jehovah saw his ways and counted all his steps.  Job rhetorically asked:  "When he calls for an accounting, what can I answer him?" (Job 31:4-6, 14)  It is possible to make our days count before God by establishing spiritual priorities, obeying his commands, and using our time wisely. Let us give closer consideration to these matters.

Next time: Make Spiritual Matters Our Primary Concern

The Watchtower, 2002