Nickelback and Psalm 90

Here's something to try during your quiet time or small group Bible Study. Read the prayer in Psalm 90 (v.12: "Lord, teach me to number my days that I might present to Thee a heart of wisdom") and then watching Nickelback's "Savin' Me" video. How are the cries for help alike? How are they different? Why is it important to "number our days?" Here are the lyrics to Nickelback's hit song:

Prison gates won't open up for me
On these hands and knees I'm crawlin'
Oh, I reach for you
Well I'm terrified of these four walls
These iron bars can't hold my soul in
All I need is you
Come please I'm callin'
And oh I scream for you
Hurry I'm fallin', I'm fallin'

[Chorus:]
Show me what it's like
To be the last one standing
And teach me wrong from right
And I'll show you what I can be
Say it for me
Say it to me
And I'll leave this life behind me
Say it if it's worth saving me

Heaven's gates won't open up for me
With these broken wings I'm fallin'
And all I see is you
These city walls ain't got no love for me
I'm on the ledge of the eighteenth story
And oh I scream for you
Come please I'm callin'
And all I need from you
Hurry I'm fallin', I'm fallin'

[Chorus]

Hurry I'm fallin'

All I need is you
Come please I'm callin'
And oh, I scream for you
Hurry I'm fallin', I'm fallin'

[Chorus]

Hurry I'm fallin'

Do you feel like you're screaming and calling for help? Deep inside, we all sense that we're falling, running out of time, out on a ledge. Like so many pieces of art and music, this song underlines our longing to be known, loved, and rescued by the living God. May the singers and the listeners alike meet the true Lover who comes leaping and bounding over the mountains to save His beloved.