If you are like me, you were up late last night watching the Super Bowl, one of the most exciting football games in its 51-year history. It was worth staying up for, but all of us faced the reality this morning that it’s Monday and we have to go to work or to class.
This is why Mondays in modern times are so despised. Talk to most people on Monday morning and they will complain about having to get up early and start their weekly routine. They may also throw in how much they are looking forward to the weekend. Mondays get no respect. I haven’t checked, but I’m sure a popular hashtag campaign is, or could be, #IHATEMONDAYS!
Here’s the thing, though, if you are a follower of Jesus: Monday is a day the Lord has made, so we are to rejoice and be glad in it. His words, not mine. I say to students a lot that following Jesus is an intentional task, that the cultural currents are strong in the opposite direction.
It may seem like a small thing, but complaining about Mondays is not to be the mantra of believers. Rather, we are to recognize Monday as a day (like every other day) created and given to us by the Lord. It is a day, like every other day, where we can give thanks for the Lord’s mercies, which are new every day and rejoice in the fact He made a way for us to be saved and have hope for eternal life.
Complaining is the cultural norm and about Mondays it is practically universal. But complaining is frowned upon in the Scriptures. One way in which we can shine brightly is the way in which we rejoice rather than complain.
Today, on this Monday, regardless of how late you were up or how tired you are, rejoice because this is the day the Lord has made, His mercies are new, and in Jesus you have eternal life—some great reasons to be excited about a new week!
© Jim Musser 2017
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