High School | The Everlasting God (Psalm 90) | Joel Pickett

Main message: Psalm 90 (a prayer of Moses) teaches that God is everlasting and outside time; in light of His eternality and just wrath and the shortness of human life, we should ask God to teach us to number our days so His favor will make our work endure.

Key points:

• Authorship and context: Psalm 90 is unique as a psalm of Moses, likely written during the wilderness era (Numbers 20) amid deaths and hardship.
• The eternality of God: God is our dwelling place, exists “from everlasting to everlasting,” and perceives time differently (e.g., 1 day = 1,000 years).
• The wrath of God and human frailty: Sin brings God’s wrath and mortality; human life is brief and fragile (days like grass).
• Instruction and application: Moses’ petition “Teach us to number our days” calls for a God-given perspective—live each day with eternity in view to gain wisdom and avoid wasting time.
• Compassion and beauty of God: Ask for God’s mercy, delight, and favor so that He will “establish the work of our hands,” producing fruit that endures for God’s glory.

Scriptures mentioned: Psalm 90, Numbers 20, Genesis 1, Genesis 3:19, Nehemiah 9:15, Deuteronomy 9:20, Deuteronomy 29:5, Isaiah 57:15, 2 Peter 3:8, Romans 1:18, Romans 2:5, Romans 9:5, 1 Timothy 1:17, Psalm 39:4-6, Psalm 27:4, Psalm 7:11, 1 Corinthians 15:58, John 15:16, John 17:3