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Number Our Days
Psalms 90:12 - So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

Grace to all of the Saints of O’Fallon Apostolic Assembly and may the peace of our great God be gloriously multiplied to each of you.

It is such a blessing to have now arrived to a brand new year, 2026, and that by the goodness and grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. Let me begin by affirming my love and appreciation for all the members of the O’Fallon Apostolic Assembly. Truly God has been good to me.
So much so, that God has led me by His Spirit, to thinking about ‘my days’ in the context of Psalms 90, verse 12, in which we are admonished to “number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” Just what does this lesson mean? What is it that the Holy Spirit is trying to convey to us? I believe that this text and others admonishes us to think seriously about each day of our lives and to very intentionally make the best use of each day that the Lord blesses us to live.
This truth speaks directly to the human tendency to take our days for granted. We often think little of making plans for tomorrow and beyond without adding the biblical “if God wills” to those plans. The pride, the hubris, that is on full display in the very casual way of thinking of the days that God has so graciously allowed us to live! Conversely, the Apostle Paul said, “See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil” (Ephesians 5:15,16). This lesson speaks of how we should think every day. This can be called, “situational awareness.” This means that we are to pay attention to our surroundings. Then further, we are to make the best use of our time, thus “redeeming,” or buying back the time. Then he adds the reason, “because the days are evil.” We are to be consciously aware that evil surrounds us. The Devil is still the god of this world, the prince of the power of the air. In this world we will continue to have tribulation. Our lives were never meant to be easy. This life, properly understood, is preparation for the life which is to come.
So, none of us are to take our days for granted nor should we think that when trouble does come, that God has been unfair. So as we embark on this new year of 2026, let us remember that our gracious savior has allowed us to live to fulfill His divine purpose. May the Lord Jesus Christ daily load us all with His benefits of being the children of the one true and living God.
 
Maranatha, 
 
Bishop Gregory Wells, Sr. D.D.
Pastor, O'Fallon Apostolic Assembly