I was reading in my Bible the other
day and I realized something noteworthy in the
life of Moses that I had never seen
before and it floored me.
In Deuteronomy 34, 7 we read, And Moses
was a hundred and twenty years old.
When he died, his eye was not dim,
nor his natural force abated.
I went back and re-studied the life
of Moses and this is what I discovered.
Moses lived to be a hundred and twenty
years old.
His life is separated by three forty-year
periods.
The first forty years of Moses' life in
Egypt is covered by only fifteen verses of
Scripture.
The next forty years of Moses' life on
the backside of the Midian desert is covered
by only ten verses of Scripture.
But the last forty years of Moses' life
spent in the service of God is covered
by approximately 4,252 verses of Scripture.
Surely, this clearly demonstrates that the significance of
a person's life begins after an encounter with
God, whereby God so transforms that individual's life
that he spends the rest of it given
entirely to God for his use and for
his glory.
A noteworthy life is the opposite of the
world's definition and view of success seen in
how many Oscars and Grammys and fame and
money a person has or how many sport
championships he has won.
All those things are of the world and
not of the Father.
All that truly matters in life is to
what degree a life is lived unto God
and the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
That's all that matters.
What counts for eternity?