What A Day!

Our Days Are Numbered

How important is today?  We are to focus on today as a gift from God.

Day is spoken many times in the Bible such as Day of Rest, Day of the Lord, 7 Days of Creation, Day of Salvation, Day of Atonement, Third Day, 40 Days.  Even many songs are about the subject day:  When we all get to Heaven…what a day of rejoicing that will be,  O Happy Day,  One Day At a Time,  One day He’s coming.

Point 1: Your Days Are Limited.

Psalm 39:4-5 “Show me, Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is. You have made my days a mere handbreadth;  the span of my years is as nothing before You.  Everyone is but a breath,  even those who seem secure. “Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be. “But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in You.

Point 2: You have no promise of tomorrow.

James 4:13-15  Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.”

Point 3: Today plus Jesus changes everything.

In Luke 19:5-10 we are given the story of Zacchaeus’ encounter with Jesus.  The result is found in verses 9-10:  Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

We can’t change yesterday and tomorrow is not promised.  Today is a gift from God to use for His glory.  Lamentations 3:22-23 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.