“And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights” (Genesis 7:12).

“To whom also He showed Himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God” (Acts 1:3).

“And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever” (Isaiah 32:17).

“Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labor until the evening” (Psalm 104:23).

The 104th psalm is a beautiful psalm of creation and the flood, supplemented by God’s providential care of His creatures in the post-flood world. Our text makes man’s activity seem almost incidental in the grand scope of God’s activities on behalf of His whole creation.

“So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God” (Romans 14:12).

There is only one thing that is absolutely sure to happen to every person—everyone will have to face God some day. Not even “death and taxes” are certain for every one, but meeting God for an accounting of one’s life is certain!