I'll Fly Away

729 Today's Prime Time Devo comes from 1Ki 1:1 Now King David was old, advanced in years; and they put covers on him, but he could not get warm. Without skipping a beat, the story of David is picked up in 1 Kings. He is old, advanced in years, probably about 70 years old because we are told that he was thirty years old when he began his reign and he reigned for 40 years. (2 Sam 5:4) By biblical standards he seems young, yet the 90th Psalm, which is attributed to Moses, we read in v 10, “The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away. “And we fly away.” Barring accidental deaths and death by disease we will all reach that point of “flying away” typically between 70 and 80 years of age. In 2012 the average life expectancy in the United States was at 78.8. One of the things that accompany old age is the inability to stay warm. Sweaters, afghans, sweatshirts, extra blankets, and cranked up thermostats are all part of the aging process. Feeling a bit old? Then the question begs to be asked, “Where do we fly to?” We fly to our God who then passes judgment on us. As the Bible says in Heb 9:27, “ And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,” Of course we should always be ready for that moment when God calls us home, but when we find ourselves reaching for an extra blanket, or slipping on sweaters, or turning up the thermostat, it might be a good time to reflect on your readiness to “fly away” and meet your Maker. The thief on the cross flew away before his time of 70 years, but he made ready for his trip to paradise, with his simple confession that Jesus was a King who would rise again. It is as it is stated in Ro 10:9, “ that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.”Have you made that confession? Then you have been properly prepared to “fly away.”