September 21, 2013

Psalms 118:23-24 — This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

05:45 — First alarm call. Still dark night. Nobody moving in the hotel, nothing moving outside.
06:00 — Shower stopped working! Oh well … bath faucet works just fine. Onwards!
06:38 — Rosy-fingered dawn (nice phrase that, pinched from what little I remember of studying Homer) — rosy-fingered dawn starting to paint the sky with glory … Taxi traveling from Mainz to Frankfurt at 170KM / hour. (What’s that — something over 100 miles an hour? I know we were sweeping past heavy trucks like lightning and the green field were a blur …).
06:53 — Frankfurt Airport. Not my favorite. A BIG place, and you have to get to the gate early. There’s not much airside, and the lounges for international flights smell of too many bodies from too many times past …

By now you might be wondering where this is all going? What’s the devotional point? Well, it’s about this … Psalm 118 ends on a note of rejoicing, but have you ever wondered what day David was talking about? It doesn’t start on a note of unquestioned rejoicing. Look at verses 5 and 6 …
I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place. The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
The day David was talking about doesn’t look like it was an easy day. But I think it could have been any day. Any day, any week, any year. David was committed to being glad on any day of the week, no matter what happened to Him. So I’m thinking I should do the same.
David came before the age of grace, but he KNEW grace. He understood that whatever happened God was in his corner. Whatever happened it was for the best. So for David, every day was a great day. Whatever happened, it was the Lord’s doing, and it was marvelous in David’s eyes.
if you have been following these devotions you’ll know that I have bad days and good days … a few weeks ago there was a day I was wrongly accused of something I hadn’t done. A bad day! Yesterday, I was reminded of God’s matchless generosity. A good day.

So back to the record.
12:15 — Somewhere over the Atlantic, working on today’s devotion, on my way home to my sweetheart. This is a great day and getting better, but …
In God’s economy, every day is a great day. He made every one. If we trust Him, we know that every single day is full of the marvelous things He is doing for us. Every day, despite my best efforts to see it differently, I should be rejoicing and being glad.
This is the day which the Lord hath made; I WILL rejoice and be glad in it.