Mark seasons, days and years

Mark seasons, days, and years 

"God spoke: "Lights! Come out! Shine in Heaven's sky! Separate Day from Night. Mark seasons and days and years" (Gen.1.14) 

Life is made up of seasons, days and years. A day is made up of different seasons - dawn, dusk twilight, - more generally, morning, afternoon, evening and night seasons. But we cannot tell these except by the introduction of light. Furthermore, we also have days and years and all of these are only differentiated by the introduction of light. 

So if light is missing in the mix, then one may be stuck and not be able to make the required progress. Little wonder the Psalmist wrote:  "So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." (Ps.90.12) 

Light is what makes the difference between how we live our lives aright or otherwise. Our text says mark the seasons, the days and the years, the psalmist says number your days but we know from our text that to do that we need light. Light is what makes it possible to not only count our days but make our days count. The different between your yesterday and your today is the amount of light you receive. If all you knew yesterday is all you know today, your experiences of yesterday will likely repeat itself today. Command light to shine on you and as it does, you will be able to mark your seasons, your days and your years. 

How come we only mark years - as in birthdays - when we are commanded to mark the seasons, days and years of our life. Light is the only reason marking our seasons, days and years is possible. Mark your seasons, your days and your years by making them count. 


Good day,
Have a great day today, 
Emmanuel Okoro 
(aka Mr. Lift) 

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