“Lord, make me to know my end, and what is the extent of my days, let me know how frail I am.” Psa 39:4

“Behold, Thou hast made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing in Thy sight…” Psa 39:5a

“…surely every man at his best is but vapor.” Psa 39:5b

“Surely every man walks about as a shadow; surely they make an uproar for nothing…” Psa 39:6a

“He heaps up riches, and does not know who will gather them.” Psa 39:6b

Psa 39:7-8 “And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in Thee. Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the foolish. Psa 39:7-8

Psa 39:12 “Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; for I am a stranger with Thee; a sojourner, as all my fathers were. Psa 39:12

Man, who is born of woman, is short-lived and full of turmoil. Like a flower he comes forth and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not remain. Job 14:1-2

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow, we shall go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow.

You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. James 4:13-14

All of us need to realize just how short life is…our days are fleeting. Each day may be our last. We need to fill each day with diligence in doing the Lord’s will.

We’ve been given this first day of the week to worship God. We pray we have all assembled to worship Him in the way He has taught us, and to do so diligently.