In Psalms eighty nine Ethan the Psalmist asked Jehovah God, “How long, LORD? will you hide yourself for ever? shall your wrath burn like fire?”, and in chapter eighty nine and verse forty-seven of Psalms Ethan said to Jehovah God, “ remember how short my time is” where we read,
Remember how short my time is: wherefore have you made all men in vain?
The verse begins, “Remember how short my time is:” Ethan began with the words, “Remember how short” or “recall, call to mind and be reminded of the briefness, fleeting and transient nature that” “my time is” which means “my, David or Ethan's, duration of life and age exists”. Ethan called upon Jehovah God to recall the brevity of his life.
The verse continues, “wherefore have you made all men in vain?” Ethan added the words, “wherefore have you made” or “therefore, upon, on the ground and sake that you, Jehovah God, created, shaped, formed and fashioned” “all men in vain” which means “each, every, the whole and everyone of the human beings both male and female in emptiness, vanity, falsehood and nothingness”? Ethan questioned why Jehovah God created, formed and fashioned all people in vanity, falsehood and emptiness.
When we think through the words in this verse, we see how Ethan prayed to Jehovah God to call to mind the brevity of his life, and he wondered why God created all people in emptiness and vanity. Ethan had a difficult time understanding why God would allow people to suffer such shortness of their lives in suffering, humiliation and shame. Many people question God in this manner, and it is because they do not have a correct picture of God in their minds. God loves us, and He proved it by sending His Son Jesus to die on the cross for our sins. When we believe and trust in Him as our personal “Savior and Lord”, He will forgive our sins, grant us eternal life and allow us to minister in His Kingdom on earth until we go to be with Him in Heaven. God's purposes are eternal, and when we wonder about Him, we should always remember what He did for us through Jesus on the cross. Let all praise and glory be unto Him.
Next time Ethan the Psalmist asks Jehovah God, “what man is he that lives, and shall not see death?”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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