Psalm 102:23-24 “He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days. I said, ‘My God, don’t take me away in the middle of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.’ “

The cry is something like this: “Lord, I know that you’re going to do something good, and even though I know I don’t deserve it, please let me live long enough to see it!”

That’s the cry of someone who expects God to restore His city and temple, and then call all nations to it. God did that in a unique way. He brought His people back to Jerusalem and rebuilt the temple, but all nations were called to Him through something (or better yet, someone) different. The glory of the rebuilt temple was because it’s God literally stood in the midst of it!

Haggai 2:9 “‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says the LORD of Armies; ‘and in this place I will give peace,’ says the LORD of Armies.”

So, while there may be times in our lives when we cry out to God to spare us so that we can continue to see and to be a part of His work here on the earth, we also understand that, through Jesus Christ, we have an even greater inheritance waiting for us. Therefore, we shouldn’t fear death! Instead, we recognize that we aren’t everything we’re supposed to be until we are ushered into His presence.

1 John 3:2 “Beloved, now we are children of God. It is not yet revealed what we will be; but we know that when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him just as he is.”

For additional worship: Christ is Mine Forevermore (CityAlight)