Words of Life: An Enduring Legacyনমুনা

And in the evening.

Depending on which resource you consult, the average person speaks between 2,000 and 16,000 words in the course of their day. They flow from a range of different interactions, including technical discussions at work, casual conversations with friends, frustrated comments directed towards other road users as we drive, private chats with trusted colleagues and family, as well as hosts of other sources.

The psalmist advises that it is good to proclaim God’s faithfulness at night; to recognise the important conversations we have had, to ask for God’s blessing over people we have conversed with, to offer all that we have sought to do during that busy day of activity, and our many words, for his benediction on our day.

Taking the opportunity to declare his faithfulness takes some of the pressure away from us. As disciples, we fulfil our Kingdom responsibilities by having conversations with people, witnessing to our faith and confessing our trust in the Lord. But handing all that over to him at the end of the day, for him to add his blessing over it all, reminds us that he is the Sovereign God and we are simply his people.

Failing to recognise his faithfulness is a terribly easy omission. We have busy lives and many pressures upon us, and without allowing time at the end of the day to recognise that we have been about his business and not merely our own, we miss the opportunity to hand those events and conversations over to him.

As we commenced our day, so let us conclude – by offering thanks and praise to our Lord for his every influence, every guidance and every protection over us.

Give thanks for the day just past and make an evening sacrifice of praise to God.