Psa 39:4-5

“LORD, make me to know my end
And what is the extent of my days;
Let me know how transient I am.

“Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Surely every man at his best is a mere breath.
Selah.

David, the Psalmist, was asking the Lord to reveal how “transient” he ways.

David was not asking for the day of his death or anything like that.

He wanted to live in greater awareness of the precious nature of each breath, of each moment and of each day.

David acknowledged to the Lord that his lifetime…and the lifetime of any individual…was “nothing in Your sight”.

Again, this does not mean that God considers man to be “nothing.”
No.
David is speaking to the timelessness of God.

David is aware that each of our lives is but a mere breath in the greater picture of God and His creation.

This is nothing to be “bummed about”.

This is to be a point of joy and rejoicing.

We must be aware of every breath and what the Lord intends for each breath.

What are you doing with the fleeting breaths provided by the Lord?

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