Whose Day is It?

The sky is grey.
The drizzle has started.
It is one of those kind of days.
What am I supposed to do?
I have several choices.
I can go back in the den, turn on the TV, and mope over my fate to have to live in this day that is gloomy and grey. What happens when I do that? I wind up feeling just like the day and act like I have no reason for living in a day like this.
But, wait a minute. The Bible says, “Rejoice always.” Today is part of the always, isn’t it? The Bible does not make any exception for a grey and gloomy day. But how can I rejoice when the day is so much of a downer.
A good way to start is to remember who made the day. The Bible says, “This is the day the Lord hath made.” That appellation applies to every day that we live. If it is bright or gloomy, it is the day that the Lord hath made. In face, that verse goes on to say, “Rejoice and be glad in it.”
That kind of puts a new perspective on things. That means that we should let the temperature, climate, rain, clouds, sunshine, rainbows, etc. determine what our day will be. We need to live the day knowing that God has made it just the way it is and He knows what is best for His children on this day.
That raises another question. Are you His child? You may think that the answer to that question is, “We are all God’s children. He made us.” It is true that He made us, but something happened that means that we have a common heritage, but we are no longer His children. Because of what happened back in the Garden of Eden, we are all born in sin, and the Bible says, “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.”
That makes it hard to rejoice in this day. What does it matter if He made the day, but I am not His child. That makes the day more gloomy than the weather. That is true, but listen to this. God has made it possible for you to become His child. That was the whole purpose of Christmas. God sent His Son into the world to die. Jesus lived a sinless life and He did not die a martyr’s death. He died a sacrificial death. He actually died a death that we all deserve to die, but He did it so we don’t have to do it. In fact, we could not do it. We would have to live a perfect life in order to die for our sins.
That is really something to think about on this gloomy day, or, for that matter, on any kind of day. When we experience that new birth in Christ, we become a child of God and we can say with the psalmist, “This is the day the Lord hath made, I will rejoice in it.”
All of a sudden those grey clouds look pretty good. That drizzle is delightful. We are ready to sing and “rejoice always.” The amazing thing is that for many people, the bright and beautiful days are gloomy because they have no hope. The salvation that Jesus offers is one of hope and joy. It will put a spring in your step that the weather can’t bother. When you come to know Him, you can say with me, “My Father is the King. My riches are eternal. My hope is unlimited. Today is just like any other day. It is the day that the Lord has made. I WILL rejoice.