Silly self-sufficiency!
Soul Snack S4/10 ... Whose times?
The self-sufficient arrogance of temporal independence is really ignorance in disguise. It is a true blindness to absolute reality.
My times are in your hands ... Psalm 31:15a
This humble refrain of the Psalmist is an invitation to dependent thinking. It calls for non-indulgent living.
These six small words are a self-effacing recognition to He who is much higher, from he who is much lower.
The self-deception of the sinful human heart (Jer 17:9) believes foolishly yet confidently in their ability to control their own life circumstances.
To live disregarding God is as foolish as to think my days are in my hands.
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All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be. Psalm 139:16
... You are not your own; you were bought at a price ... 1 Cor 6:19-20
To realise my days belong to another is the very first lesson in numbering my days aright and the pursuit of wisdom.