this is the day that the Lord has made...
what a wonderful weekend i had. i trust you had a wonderful one as well. do you ever notice though how fast the weekend goes? i know i sure do. sunday was the best day of my weekend, i enjoyed attending church and just being around other believers, it sure gave a real boost to my spirit. this morning before i got out of bed i spoke the verse: "this is the day that the Lord has made i will rejoice and be glad in it." many of you i know are familiar with that verse, it's a wonderful verse. my reason for speaking it was to attempt to start my day off on the right foot, so before my feet hit the floor that verse was spoken from my lips. now comes the day, the day to live out that verse. God has given me a brand new day and to set as my goal to live it rejoicing and being glad. this takes effort, effort on my part. i can choose to put forth that effort or choose to just speak the verse and not allow it to really penetrate my soul and effect my entire day. honestly, however, if i make it through half the day meeting this goal, i'm happy because i'm making progress. i've heard it said, "i'm not where i need to be but praise God, i'm not where i used to be." so even if i take baby steps forward, it's progress, and yes, usually my steps are baby steps with a few larger steps thrown in here and there. i can still see the hand of God working, it just takes me to stop and notice, and rejoice that He is at work in my life. do you notice this in your life? do you see His hand at work? each step that we take are so much easier walking along side of our Master, our Savior, our Friend. there are so many things in our lives to rejoice over, so many things to be thankful for. God pours out His blessings in our lives each day. i know personally i don't always notice, but, that's usually because i'm not looking, but allowing the noise, and chaos of this world to drown out and cover my eyes to the glorious things that He is doing every single day.
so, today i have two choices. will i rejoice and be glad that this is the day that the Lord has made? or will i allow myself to take my eyes off of the one who will allow me to see how blessed i really am and blessed enough to rejoice? God can't make me choose wisely, no, it is my choice to make. Lord, help me to choose what is right.
The following is a song that blessed me this morning.
Beautiful Lord/Leeland
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