As You Prepare to Face the Day

Sometimes the day starts so early, it rather bleeds in from the sleepless night.

Sometimes you may wake and groan to think about what is coming and wish to throw the covers over your head and return to oblivion.

Sometimes the memory of yesterday seems already to have tainted today, and it seems hopeless to look for any redemption of the junk you walked through then and most likely will slog through now.

I've had those days.

Days when I woke up barely human, not to even speak of Christian.

What fits us to face the day?

Well, here are a few anchors anyway:

...Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit (Ephesians 2:20b-22).

 A wildly mind-boggling thought. We are in Jesus being built into a home for God in the Spirit. We are in Christ and in the Spirit, and God is in us. How much closer could He be, in remarkable Triune companionship?

Seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust (2 Peter 1:3-4).

Everything pertaining to life and godliness. That is quite comprehensive. If it relates whatsoever to life ... or godliness ... then God (who has Divine Power, which must be very strong indeed) has granted what we need. Through knowing Him (we may know Him, God Himself?! Amazing.). And through His promises, we may become partakers in His own holy nature. Which sounds like something we should never dream possible, except that He said so, Himself.

The LORD's lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. "The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "Therefore I have hope in Him." The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him. It is good that he waits silently for the salvation of the LORD (Lamentations 3:22-26).

Some of you, some friends today, will wake up to a hard day. I know that (though I may not know the half of it). Oh, may the relentless lovingkindness of the LORD find you. May the new mercies meet every need today, while you quietly wait for Him to work on your behalf. We have a God who brings salvation of every  kind, from every peril. And He has already showed us the end of the story (a truly, deeply happy ending). To have Him as our own portion is to have hope.

I pray you see Him in this day, since that makes all the difference. Much grace to you today.