Day by Day

Probably the most helpful way to measure time is by the day. We receive a 24-hour day every day.

Ephesians 4 warns us the days are evil, adding that we should make the most of good opportunities. Are the days evil because of deception, the deception of the everyday?

Days arrive and all seem the same, lulling us into a false sense of security about time. Procrastination. The next thing you know you have regrets about what didn’t happen.

Psalm 90 lodges a bit of a complaint about days. Verse 10:

The length of our days is seventy years—
or eighty, if we have the strength;
yet their span is but trouble and sorrow,
for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

In verse 12, the Psalmist prays, showing a better attitude.

Teach us to number our days aright,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Jesus says we should live fully present in each day.

Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

The daily trouble is trumped by trust, trusting in God’s loving care and provision. See Matthew 6.

When you think about it, each day is a reminder of the death and resurrection of Jesus. We die in sleep and experience resurrection when we wake up. That’s good to think about.

The new day of experiencing resurrection should find these words on our lips:

This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 118:24)