Life is too short

3 Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him! 4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

Psalm 144:3-4 KJV

 
Commentary:

David reminds us that our life is like a “passing shadow” and that we are “like to vanity.”

Too bad that we all don’t understand this and live our lives as if today is our last day to live on Earth. 

It’s like when the light of day fades into darkness; we cannot bring back our shadow to see it again.  

Nor are we promised the next sunrise to see our shadow the next day, and so it is with our life. Each second is precious, yet many of us just waste it. 

But then David had some insight. He said that “Man is like to vanity.” 

Here “Vanity” means our want of substance to satisfy our desires; our emptiness. 

So, it’s a wonder that the Living God of the Universe pays any attention to us, because all our desires are for naught; all for emptiness. 

So why do we, the ones that God chose to be created in His Image, desire and settle for less than what God wants for us? 

We are to reign with Him in Heaven as kings and priest, why do we want to be and live as beggars at the King of Kings Holy Gate? 

Therefore my friend, because life is short, we should live for God while we have the time and while it is still day, for the night cometh swiftly.