Psalms 103:13-14 (ESV)
“13 As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear HIM.
14 For HE knows our frame; HE remembers that “WE ARE DUST”.”
As I sat in church last night and listened to the sermon, the preacher used Psalms 103:14 and it gripped me. GOD knows our bodies are DUST! We rightly Believe that we are intricately designed creations and that so much that has to be done to prevent us from poor health and death that we seem to forget “WE ARE DUST”, and we aren’t here forever. In fact, we aren’t here for very long at all! I just celebrated my 58th birthday. The average life expectancy in the US in 2015 was 78.74 years of age. So if I am average, I could expect to live another 20 years or so. But how many Brain Hemorrhage Survivors (along with quadruple bypass surgery survivors) are “average”???
In Genesis 3:19 ALMIGHTY GOD says “By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for YOU ARE DUST, and to DUST YOU SHALL RETURN." When GOD looks at me, does HE see more than a big pile of DUST? Scripture says we are fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalms 139:14) and GOD formed my inward parts when HE knitted me together in my mother’s womb (Psalms 139:13)!
But HIS Word remind us that our bodies are “WE ARE DUST”! Some piles of DUST may last for a few days, and some piles of DUST may last for a hundred plus years! But rest assured, “WE ARE DUST” and one day we will return to DUST!
C.S. Lewis was a famous author who was a Believer. One quote that he is credited with saying is “You don’t have a Soul. You are are a Soul. You have a Body!” One day this body will return to DUST. I’m sure there will be more DUST for some of us than for others, but “WE ARE DUST” no matter how big we are. Our Souls will exist forever. Mine will spend eternity in Heaven with my Savior. If you aren’t certain where your Soul is going, make that a priority. ETERNAL LIFE......or eternal damnation???
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