Psalm 90:4 For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.

I have a question since I believe that God has a purpose in all that He says and does. Why did God make this comparison of time with a watch in the night?

Having served in war I have a serious understanding of standing watch during the night. My best friend fell asleep on watch and the enemy slit his throat. It was a sober lesson not lost on me when it came time for me to take my turn at night watch.

Ezekiel 33:6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, that person is taken away in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.

Our watch is but a blink of time in His Kingdom.

1 Thessalonians 5:6 So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober.

We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, 2 Cor. 10:5

Do we do that?

If you believe you do then answer me this question: When was the last time you used the Word to shut down the opinion of someone who openly denies God even exists?

Would you know how to answer the enemies of Christ?

Proverbs 26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

Recently an angry old man slapped a young Christian just because the young man agreed with the older man when he said “I don’t know much about economics.”

There is a biblical answer to every failed opinion.

Proverbs 20:17 Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.

The first thing we have to do is quiet the anger. His response might well be, “What does that have to do with economics?” Which could lead to verses that indicate how God requires fair trade practices when doing business.

Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

In order to use the Word effectively we must not only know the Word we must live by it.

James 1:22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.