November 15, 2026

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Psalm 90 is full of contrasts that help us to see God and ourselves clearly. The Lord is for "all generations" and "from everlasting to everlasting". We, however, are not like God. "the years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty…" God is eternal. We are "like grass that is renewed in the morning…in the evening it fades and withers."

But there is more than mere length of days (or, our lack thereof) that humbles us. "For all our days pass away under your wrath; we bring our years to an end like a sigh." God is holy. We are not. Thus our brief span of life is lived under the shadow of God's wrath. "You return man to dust and say, "Return, O children of man!"" The body, the seat of rebellion and the instrument of sin, God will cause to disintegrate down to its last atom.

Moses gives us an unvarnished look at life under the Law, that is, when God treats us according to justice and on the basis of what we deserve. But Moses also surprises us. "Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days." The "morning" is when the grass is renewed only to die out at the end of the day (90:6). But through God's covenant mercies (that is what "steadfast love" means) our brief lives become the place of joy. Moses even hints at something for which the New Testament ultimately makes clear. "Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!" This longing is eloquently answered in 1 Corinthians 15:58. "Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain." Derek Kidner puts it well. "Not only God's work will endure, but with his blessing, the work of our hands as well."

"Our God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come." Indeed!

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Growth Resources

In November we are reading "The Certainty of Faith" by Herman Bavinck. See also 12 for 26.

Announcements

November 15: Sunday School continues. Essential Truths of the Christian Faith, ch. 82, "The Lord's Supper."

November 18 (Wednesday 6 PM): Daniel Zoom study continues with Daniel 7. Meeting ID: 820 0070 3059. Passcode: 999522. The Daniel study will resume on December 2.

December 13: Christmas fellowship.

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