TGIF!

“This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.  O LORD, save us; O LORD, grant us success.  Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD. From the house of the LORD we bless you. The LORD is God, and he has made his light shine upon us.  With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession up to the horns of the altar. You are my God, and I will give you thanks; you are my God, and I will exalt you.  Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.” (Psalm 118:24-29 NIV)

TGIF!  This is what most of us are thinking. Thank God it’s Friday!   We are looking forward to a weekend of no work, no school, sleeping in, and, perhaps a college or NFL football game.  Most of us live for the weekend. Even on Monday or Tuesday, people start talking about their plans for the weekend.

When he wrote this passage, I don’t think the Psalmist was talking about a Friday or Saturday, though those tend to be the days in which we find the most gladness.  He was talking about every day, because every day is given to us by the Lord.  It’s not that it is wrong to rejoice about the coming weekend; but many of us have the tendency to live for the weekend.  In doing so, we miss what the Lord has to offer us on Monday, or Tuesday, or any other weekday.  

Life in the Lord is to be lived every day.  Indeed, we can thank God it’s Friday, but we also can thank Him that it’s Monday or Wednesday because He has made that day for us as well, filled with both blessings and opportunities to do His work.  

Today, thank God for Friday and rejoice in it.  But come Monday, do the same.  For every day is a day the Lord has made.

© Jim Musser 2014