Title
The Mist of Life
Scripture
You correct man for iniquity, You make his beauty melt away like a moth; Surely every man is vapor.
(Psalm 39:11)
Devotional
Because of the choice of Adam and Eve in the garden, man has to die. Death was not to be part of creation before the fall; it came as a result of sin. Death is now the last enemy to be overcome.[1] Death is likewise the final way of correcting mankind's iniquity: either through eternal punishment or eternal reward. Either way sin must be dealt with. Life and death make up the package of this entity we fill called time. The time of life is fragile. As quickly as a moth can consume and ruin your favorite wool sweater, life can devour that which is precious to you. "Surely every man I a vapor." Job said, "My life is a breath." Life is brief, especially when compared to timeless eternity. Nevertheless life is precious. It is a gift of God. It is not to be wasted, but meant to be enjoyed and yielded to the will of its Creator. It may be a vapor, but it is a precious vapor and it man be a breath, but it is the breath of life.[2]