Day made by the Lord

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

In the Bible we are told repeatedly to rejoice in our salvation and to praise God for the goodness of life. Not just once a month but every day, God takes pleasure in seeing us enjoying the world and the blessings in our lives. Even seemingly frivolous activities can become spiritual if we do them with gratitude in our hearts toward God.

Psalm 118:24 tells us to rejoice and be glad of the day that Lord has made. We are reminded that 'This is the day the Lord has made'. But how many times have we ever told our self about this?. I think for me, when I wake up every morning, I will pray to the Lord for the peaceful sleep and good rest that I have had for the night. I will pray for the Lord to take care of my live for the day. But I admit that I rarely rejoice for the day that Lord has made.

This verse of Psalm wants us to tell our self that 'this day' has made by the Lord. The day that made by the Lord will surely be a day full of blessings. He will definitely guard us throughout the day that He has made. That is why we should rejoice and be glad for the day because this is the day that made by the Lord. He made the day for us to enjoy.

So whenever we wake up in the morning, we must remember that 'this is the day the Lord has made....' so I will rejoice and be glad throughout the day because everything that I am going to experience today is because of what the Lord has made...and He has made this day a beautiful day.....

When people shrink.

People will make Jesus smaller than He is sometimes. Well meaning people that love you will downsize Him and what He's capable of in your life. They don't mean to, they're not being malicious, it just happens. And it happened in Mark 5.

Jesus was on the way to attend to the daughter of Jairus. She was sick and Jairus had pleaded with Jesus to come see her. On his way, Jesus got stopped by someone in the crowd and was delayed. Here is what happens in verse 35:

While Jesus was still speaking, some men came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue ruler. "Your daughter is dead," they said. "Why bother the teacher any more?"

Do you see how they shrunk Jesus? In that moment, men that had presumably been watching over Jairus’ daughter while he was out recruiting the help of Jesus, came with a message. It was too late. Your daughter is dead. Why keep bothering this teacher.

They shrunk Jesus. They believed the situation had passed His abilities. They believed that the situation had grown larger than He could handle. It was over. How did Christ respond? Here's verse 36:

Ignoring what they said, Jesus told the synagogue ruler, "Don't be afraid; just believe."

Then He went to Jairus house and healed his daughter.

He refused to stay small. He refused to be limited by other people's expectations of what He was capable of and everyday, He asks us to do the same thing.

I don’t know what you’re going through right now, but Jesus is big enough for it. It is not too late. It is never passed His power.

So when someone tries to shrink Jesus, remember to just believe.

(by Prodigal Jon)