The
average human being will live approximately twenty eight thousand days upon
this Earth. In that time our hearts will
have beat two and half billion times and we will have inhaled and exhaled almost seven
million times. It is astounding
when you consider the brevity of it all.
David included the Hebrew word “Selah” which is left undefined but is
instruction for us to quietly consider what we have just read. The message is clear; we are not on this
Earth for long.
The brevity of life is the topic of many passages of
Scripture throughout the Old and New Testaments. In fact, every book from Genesis to
Revelation touches on the topic at some point.
God through His human authors repeatedly states that human life is as a
wisp of breath before Him. Throughout
eternity He has remained constant and we are here for a moment and gone. Peter stated “… that with the Lord one day is
as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” My lifespan, your lifespan, the lifespan of
all humanity is nothing before the ageless God.
Solomon echoed the lyrics of His father’s psalm when he
wrote “vanity of vanities…” The words
literally translate “vapor of vapors…”
Adam was brought to life when God blew the breath of life into his
nostrils. Every human being is but a
breath of a breath of the eternal God.
You and I are vapors of a vapor.
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