I didn’t realize it until I read in my devotional this morning that Psalm 90 is the only Psalm written by Moses. It is one of my favorite Psalms, so I will quote all of it and then show you my favorite verses.

“Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. You turn people back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.” A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night. Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death— they are like the new grass of the morning: In the morning it springs up new, but by evening it is dry and withered. We are consumed by your anger and terrified by your indignation. You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence. All our days pass away under your wrath; we finish our years with a moan. Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away. If only we knew the power of your anger! Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due. Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen trouble. May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their children. May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭90‬:‭1‬-‭12‬, ‭14‬-‭17‬ ‭NIV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/111/psa.90.1-12.NIV

God is eternal, infinite and everlasting. He has always been and always will be.

Our lives are finite, established by God. Since we have a limit to our days, we have good reason to use each day wisely.

Every morning should start with a song of joy, knowing that no matter what has happened before or will happen that day, God’s love never fails.

God is the one who gives us favor so that whatever we do each day will be “established.” To me, that means firmly and rightly done, and even possibly remembered by other generations.

Moses’s work was indeed established and even though he died in the land of Moab without crossing over the Jordan into the Promised Land, what he had done has been remembered and spoken about for generations.

What speaks to you from Psalm 90 or from Moses’s life and his leadership of the Israelite people? What can we learn from Moses?