The conversation around the last post was good. It is so important for us to be reminded that in so many ways we are neither alone, nor alike, in our struggles.
My guess was that on the question of what makes a good day, we would weigh in somewhere between the thoughts that we have reason to anticipate good because “this is a day given to us by our Lord” (Psa 118:24) and the more sobering thought that we have reason to look for good because “the days are evil” (Eph 5:15-16).
Having come to know how honest so many of you are, I should have anticipated the realism you would bring to the table. Your comments pushed me to go back and take another look at the two passages above.
Noticed a couple of things. The “this is the day” passage surfaces not only in what God offers his people in very dark times, but in what was for me a surprising showcase: The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it (Psa 118:22-24).
In this setting, and looking now back at it from a New Testament point of view, “the day that the Lord has made” (cause for celebration) is the day that that our God called us out of darkness into the light of what his rejected Son has done for us (1Peter 2:4-10).
This background seems to fit what Paul wrote to the Ephesians about waking up to the light that Christ shines on us in days that are evil (Eph 4:8-15).
Don’t know about you. But that seems to give a different way of thinking about “the day the Lord has made”.
In saying that, I’m not questioning that each new day has its source in the Lord, but only that the day that we are to rejoice in is the dawning light that enables us to see who our Savior is… in our darkness.
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