Each Day

Life can be crazy. Life can be messy. Life can be a flurry of busy activity and mundane sameness all at once. It can hit you out of nowhere and leave you scrambling to keep up. And in the middle of it all, we’re left wishing for some peace and quite. We’re left hoping to just get through the day with a bit of our sanity still intact and maybe a bit of the hairstyle we worked so hard to accomplish still intact also.

Yes, life can sure be crazy.

And in the middle of the craziness, as we’re left scrambling and wishing and hoping, it’s easy to want to just get by. And as we go through another day of the same old, same old, it’s easy to wish and wait for the next entertainment; the next new activity. And the intentionality and purposefulness and peace and beauty and wonder of each day get left behind.

But we have the promise that in the middle of the crazy flurry and the boring mundane, God is present. God is working. God is caring.

Each and every day is a part of God’s plan. Every day is a day ordained and appointed for His glory to awe you. To transform you. To flow through you. Even the crazy days. Even the ordinary days.

How many times have I cut glory off, have I not seen the dazzling grace right in front of me, because I was just trying to get through and only looking forward to that next activity or event?

Don’t get me wrong; I know days can be hard and we just want a break, and there are definitely special times I look forward to; times that give that break and rest. 

But what if, even as we were focusing on just taking the next step, on not having a melt down, we also sought to see the One who is walking right beside us? Who is offering comfort and peace to this emotionally racked heart?

What if, even as we went through each ordinary day, we sought to spend time with the One who is majesty, glory, wonder, beauty, and brings these to each day? To let those times with Him be as familiar, yet as spectacular, as each sunrise and sunset?

As we seek God in the craziness and in the ordinary, we begin to see that He truly does have a plan for each day, that He is preparing us and producing fruit in us each day, that His promises are unfolding each day.
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God has a plan for each day:

“‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart. I will be found by you,’ declares the Lord.” Jeremiah 29:11-14

“Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be.” Psalm 139:16

“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10

God has plans for each of us. Good, hopeful, abundant plans. A purpose for our lives. One that He placed in us as He knit and formed and created us, His handiwork. This plan is not just for the future, but for each day; for each moment. For a glorious future is made one ordinary, crazy, beautiful day at a time. When we seek the Lord and live in Jesus each day, we step into God’s plan for each day, and find His direction for the future.

God is preparing and producing in each day:​

“For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” 2 Peter 1:5-8

“I am the true vine, and My Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit He prunes so that it will be even more fruitful… Remain in Me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.” John 15:1-2, 4

Some days will be difficult. Some days we may feel we are getting nowhere. Some days we may wonder if God hears, if He is still near. Some days we may not find answers. Some days we will be hurt and saddened. Some days we will make mistakes. But each day is an opportunity to learn, to grow, to become prepared for the next good work God has for us, to become more Christ-like in our attitude and actions.

​God’s promises are unfolding each day:

“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.” Lamentations 3:22-23

“Each day the Lord pours His unfailing love on me.” Psalm 42:8, NLT

God is faithful. He keeps His promises. Each day is a day He has made; is a day He gives life and love and light. Let us rejoice in each day, for we are not consumed but are loved. 

Will join me in living each day with eyes open to the wonder and glory of God? Let us live each day with purpose, knowing that it is in God’s plan. Let us live each day with patience, trusting that God is preparing us for His purpose and producing in us Christ-like character. And let us live each day with peace, knowing that God is faithful and will keep His promises. 

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Unless otherwise marked, all Scriptures taken from the NIV, copyright 2011
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