Turn with me now to Job 14. Job 14. Verse one says, man that is born of woman is a few days and full of trouble. Man that is born of woman is a few days and full of trouble. I bring a lot of messages on the troubles of this life. And the reason I do that is because there are a lot of troubles in this life.

I have them. You have them. And I have them. You have them. And I have them. We have them. We really have them. I know you have them. I have them. We really have them. We really do have them. And we are going to have them until our days on this earth are finished. We're going to have them.

I was thinking about that when this fact popped into my mind and this fact brought great comfort to me and I do mean great comfort. Job 14 verse 1 says, man that is born of woman is a few days. Days. Few days. Turn with me if you would over to Genesis chapter 1.

Genesis 1 verse 1, it says, in the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth, and the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters, and God said, let there be light, and there was light.

And God saw the light that it was good, And God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light day. And the darkness he called night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. The Lord our God created this earth so that with a day would come a night. Verse 4 says, God divided the light from the darkness. He made it so that periods of light are always separated by darkness. Our days Our days are determined by these separating periods of darkness. And our Lord said in verse two, that this darkness was an existence that was without form and void, without substance and empty.

And that represents sin and the effects of sin. And let me just tell you where I'm going with all this. Our Lord said in John chapter eight, I am the light. He said, I'm the light. And he said in John chapter three, darkness is the wickedness of man's evil, the wickedness and sin of this flesh and of this world. What man loves by nature, man loves darkness rather than light.

And for a child of God, whatever light we may have, whatever light has been given to us, whatever glimpse of Christ, Christ is the light. Whatever glimpse of Christ that we have, whatever glimpse of glory and whatever glimpse of the beauty of holiness and the grace of His righteousness and the mercy of His cross, whatever moments of focus and joy and peace and contentment in and on Christ that has been given to us, those moments are always interrupted. and divided by periods of sadness, and emptiness, and trouble, and it's because of our sin. Like a roller coaster, up and down, and up and down. We have a glimpse of day, and then night comes.

Isn't this so? I'll never forget, right after I became a pastor here, I say often, I'm still young. Maybe I'm not quite as young as I think I am. But I was young then. And a very, very dear, older believer wrote a letter to me. And he said he and his wife were enjoying their lull between the trials. And I thought, what a wise thing to say. And I've since learned that's what life is.

It's up and down. It's day and night. It's happy and sad. It's Christ and where is he? I can't see him. We get this glimpse of day and then night comes and then we get another glimpse of day and then night comes and then joy comes in the morning and then night falls on us once again. And this continual cycle for the child of God is called all of our days. What is called? All of our days. Man's days. Man's days.

Look at Genesis 3. Verse 17, Genesis 3 verse 17. And unto Adam he said, because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying thou shalt not eat of it, cursed is the ground for thy sake. In sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. all the days of thy life. Look at Genesis 5.

Verse 5, it says, and all the days that Adam lived were 930 years. All the days. Those were all the days. Look at verse 8. And all the days of Seth were 912 years. Verse 11 says, and all the days of Enos were 905 years. Verse 14, and all the days of Canaan were 910 years. Verse 17, and all the days, all the days, all the days.

Man's days are full of trouble. because they are full of sin. They are interrupted by sin. They are tainted by sin. And as long as we're in this world and in this flesh, they will never stop being tainted by sin. Thank God they are few days. Thank God they are few days, but they are filled with the trouble of sin. The trouble that continually, consistently plagues us because of our sin.

David said in Psalm 39, Lord, make me to know mine end and the measure of my days. Make me to know mine end and the measure of my days. What it is that I may know how frail I am. That I may know how frail I am. David said that's what all of these days remind me of. How frail I am. Just how frail I am. That is the constant condition I'm in because of My days, my sin, my frailty, all of my days, the frailty of my flesh in all of my sin.

Now, that is what life on this earth is for all people. All people, this message is specifically concerning God's people tonight. I'm speaking to God's elected to salvation, redeemed in the blood, quickened and called to life people specifically. But this is what life is for all people and God's people are included in this. God's people are included. in this. This is how life on earth is described for God's people. Days. Days upon days. The number of all our days. Turn over to Isaiah 12. Isaiah 12, verse 1 says, and in that day. Not days. Not days.

Day. And in that day. That is what the glory of eternity with Christ is going to be. That is what the glory of eternity with Christ is described as to God's people. Day. One day. Today. Our Lord told that thief on the cross, today You will be with me in paradise. Did you know he is still there today? He is. He is still there today. He went there today. He went there today. And he is still there today. It has been today ever since he got there.

It has only been today. There are no days in glory. There are no days, it's just day. In glory, our time is daytime. And do you know why that is? There is no night there. There is no night there. And what does night represent? What does all of this darkness that we experience in our life down here on this earth represent? It represents our sin. The emptiness, the sadness, and the trouble of our sin.

Hold your place right here in Isaiah 12 and go over to Revelation 22. Revelation 22 verse 1 says, and he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it and on either side of the river was there the tree of life, which bear 12 manner of fruits and yielded her fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it. And his servants shall serve him, and they shall see his face, and his name shall be in their foreheads. And there shall be no night there. And they need no candle, neither light of the sun, For the Lord God giveth them light, and they shall reign forever and ever. There is no night there. There is no darkness in glory at all. And it's because there is no sin there. There is no sin there. Where did the darkness of sin go? Where did the darkness of sin go?

As our Lord was hanging on the cross of Calvary, he was hanging in the sin of his people. And the verse after he told the thief that was hanging there next to him, today shalt thou be with me in paradise. The next verse says, and darkness covered the earth for three hours. The sun was darkened. and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. There is no darkness in glory because on the cross of Calvary, our Lord hung in the sin darkness of his people.

Our Lord died in the sin darkness of his people. He hung in darkness and he died in darkness. And he was buried in the sin darkness of his people. And with that, because of that, he put the sin darkness away. When he put the sin away, he put the darkness that comes with it. There is no darkness in glory because there is not one of the sins of God's people in glory. There's not one sin there. And if there is no sin there, there is no sorrow there.

There is no trouble there. There are a number of people no man can number. And we have some smart men and women on this earth. There's a number there no man can number, and there's not one stitch of trouble among any of them. There's not one drop of sorrow in the hearts of any of them. What an amazing God we have. For all eternity, it's going to be this way. For all of eternity, there is no emptiness. There's no emptiness. And it's not a possibility for any of those things to be there because Christ is there. Christ is there. The risen, ascended, glorified Christ is there. There is nothing but eternal light in glory because there is nothing but the eternal Christ in glory. Look right here at Revelation 21. This is speaking of glory. Revelation 21, verse 22.

It says, And I saw no temple therein. Where are we going to worship? We're going to worship in Christ. I saw no temple therein, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun. Neither of the moon to shine in it for the glory of God did lighten it. And the lamb is the light thereof. Christ is the light.

And the glory of Christ in that day will never stop burning in the eyes and in the hearts and in the presence of God's people. His glory will never be hidden from them ever again, never for a moment ever again. There'll never be a moment of darkness ever again. His glory will never be interrupted. You have moments sometimes, it's rare, but you have moments where you really enter into the glory of God.

The Lord turns a heart on like a light switch. You get it for just a minute, click, that's it, it's no more for you. The light switch will never be turned back off. The moment we get there, eye hath not seen, ear hath not. The moment it's time to lay down, and this body lays down, and these eyes close, and this is it. OK, here we go. Never to be turned off again, like when the Lord Like when Elisha prayed to the Lord for his servant, you know, we're surrounded, what are we gonna do? He said, Lord, open his eyes that he might see. It's gonna be uninterrupted brightness.

And you understand, I'm not just talking about lumens. I don't know anything about light. But I'm not talking about light. That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about light. I'm talking about light. It's going to be uninterrupted brightness. Doesn't matter if we can physically see anything or not, it's going to be uninterrupted brightness. Oh, the glory of brightness for all of God's people to see.

And this is why Moses said in Psalm 90, I just read that for our scripture reading, he said in Psalm 90, teach us to number our days. These days, teach us to number our days for our encouragement, for our hope. Teach us to count them down. Teach us to realize that the end of darkness is nearer and nearer with each of our days that passes by. Teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts to wisdom, to Christ. Because in that day, in that day, flip back over to Isaiah 12. In that day, verse one says, thou shalt say, oh Lord, I will praise thee.

Though thou was angry with me, thine anger is turned away and thou comfortest me. Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust and not be afraid. For the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song. He also is become my salvation. Therefore with joy shall you draw water out of the wells of salvation. And in that day shall you say, praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people. Make mention that his name is exalted. Sing unto the Lord. For he hath done excellent things. This is known in all the earth. Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.

Every word in that chapter is happy news. Every word in that chapter. You know, sometimes you read Psalms or you read chapters and, okay, now there's a bad part. Every word in that is happy news. Every word is a sunny proclamation. There are no interruptions of darkness in that day. And for a word of encouragement to leave with, let's close with Psalm 90. Turn with me over to Psalm 90. I just read this. I'm going to read it again. Psalm 90 verse 1, it says, Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.

Before the mountains were brought forth or ever, thou hast formed the earth and the world. Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Thou turnest man to destruction and sayest, return, you children of men. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday, when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood, they are as asleep. In the morning they are like grass which groweth up, in the morning it flourisheth and groweth up, in the evening it's cut down and withereth.

For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. Our sin against God brings the judgment of God, and this is what troubles the soul. Verse eight, thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins, in the light of thy countenance. For all our days are passed away in thy wrath.

We spend our years as a tale that is told. The days of our years are threescore years in 10, and if by reason of strength, they be fourscore years. Yet is their strength labor and sorrow, for it is soon cut off and we fly away. Who knoweth the power of thine anger? Even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. So teach us to number our days. that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

Return, O Lord, how long, and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. O, satisfy us early with thy mercy, we need mercy early now, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. Lord, reveal your work to us and to our children. And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us.

Lord, put your righteousness on us. and establish thou the work of our hands upon us. Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. Whatever needs to be done, you do it. You establish it. You accomplish it. Lord, you do this all the rest of our days. We're looking to you all the rest of our days until you finally bring us to the great day. that one great day with Christ. To Him be the glory. Amen.