The Today Show…
Psalm 118:24 This is the day which the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
It’s going to be a good day… Isn’t that the ONLY kind of day the Lord would make?
One would think, especially if one does not know Him, that making everyday wonderful is God’s job and His only reason to exist. If the day goes to hell or does not satisfy my criteria for a “good” day, then I… the one to whom the day belongs… judges the existence and/or power of my higher power. Because… it IS all about… ME!
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.
Yes… It is about me… and you…
But we suck at “DOING” (planning and making) our day!
This is the day… We have two switches, I need and I want. Both are left in the “on” mode unless we are asleep. And both are equal in intensity when our inner warning bell its sounded.
Our criteria for our today shows is want and need. In most of our storylines there is no distinction between the two, with one we justify and with the other we demand.
Let us rejoice and be glad in it… there is no (nor will there be) gladness and joy unless our demands are met!
Here’s the problem…
No matter how many declarations of independence we create, tantrums of civil war we threaten, imaginary kingdoms we set up… we are NOT in control!
Perception IS NOT reality… Truth is reality whether we know it or not, whether we believe it or not, or whether we like it or not.
Jesus said…
Revelation 22:13 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”
Psalm 139:7-10 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the dawn, if I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, even there Your hand will lead me, and Your right hand will lay hold of me.
We didn’t/don’t create God… He is! Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
His advice to us…
Psalm 48:10 Cease striving and know I am God
Isaiah 55:8-9 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.
KNOW Him…“Who do you say I am?”
As the actor of your Today Show, this question will determine your reaction to the script of today.
Will you… issue a disclaimer? The views expressed in the making of this film…
Will you… fight the producer/director at every scene, making it last beyond its shelf life of value?
Will you… flee and make believe your today is under your complete control?
Will you… trust and obey, knowing your producer/director wants victory and success way more than you do or ever could?
My favorite line of all times is from the movie “God’s Not Dead”…
“God is good all the time, and all the time, God is good!”
If this is my foundation for all the days of my life, then there is none… NOT ONE day… that I cannot rejoice in!
I have an enemy… but he is NOT God. 1 Peter 5:8-10 Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world. After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.
Exodus 50:20 As for you, you meant evil against me, BUT GOD meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive.
Isaiah 49:16 “Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are continually before Me.
THIS is the day… The Today Show!
That the Lord has made… I give Him creator/producer/director rights to all of it!
Then… I will rejoice and be glad in it… Today!
**All Scripture quoted comes from the “Bible Gateway” app and is the NASB version of the Bible