You have to be ready to roll with whatever the weather, the land, and other men throw at you.”
–Lou Bradshaw (Blue Valley)
“But the path of the just is like the shining sun, That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.”
–Proverbs 14:18(NKJV)
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Oh, the storms may be raging, the winds howling, the rain beating down, and the floods rising, but in spite of the weather this is the day the Lord has made. The life may be facing its own type of storms: worry, fret, debt, doubt, disease, and on…, but in the midst of your day whatever it may be like, it is the day the Lord has made.
Part of the problem is that we do not live the concept of Psalm 118:24.
“This is the day the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” (NKJV)
No, we may recognize that the Lord made the days, and we ho-hum recognize that it is another day upon us. Woe is me, another day of sorrow, of rain, of corona, of storm, of terror. Woe is me. If the day is bad, that’s your fault. It is a day the Lord has given you, what are you going to do with it? He has determined the weather, He has allowed the circumstances you are going through, whether you are to be sick or well. He knows if you have good service at the restaurant or bad, whether or not the attendee at WalMart griped at you for not wearing a mask. The important things is, what are you going to do about it. The “Coach” John Wooden always instructed his players to “make each day your masterpiece.” What kind of day will you have depends upon you. Joseph Alleine lived by this maxim, “Let us live this one day well!” Tomorrow will have its own problems, take care of today.
“There will never be another day like today. We may say that we will go to the same work, but with the same people, and go home to the same family but every day in individually distinct. Every day has different circumstances, conversations, and opportunities. This could be a day that something happens so that you remember it for the rest of your life, or this could be an average day with nothing spectacular happening, but it is still God’s day. We need to be less concerned with the days in our life and more concerned with life in our days.” (Larry Turner)
What you do with the day is up to you. God has given it to you, how you use it and accept his gift can be a gift back to the Lord. See, we may accept the day, but do we accept it with rejoicing and happiness, glad that it has been given to us? Paul reminds us about the day, “In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1 Thessalonians 5:18, NKJV)) This is a day given to you therefore, “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!” (Philippians 4:4, NKJV) Take advantage of the day; take advantage of every opportunity that comes you way, whether great or small.