12. So teach us to number our days. Instruct
us to set store by time, mourning for that time past wherein we have wrought
the will of the flesh, using diligently the time present, which is the accepted
hour and the day of salvation, and reckoning the time which lies in the future
to be too uncertain to allow us safely to delay any gracious work or prayer. That we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. People are led by reflections upon the
brevity of time to give their earnest attention to eternal things; they become
humble as they look into the grave. But this is only the case when the Lord
himself is the teacher; he alone can teach to real and lasting profit. We have
not enough time at our disposal to justify us in misspending a single quarter
of an hour. Neither are we sure of enough of life to justify us in
procrastinating for a moment.
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